Student Housing and Residential Life

Rates

To assist our students with their financial planning, Student Housing and Residential Life offers a default, 5-installment payment plan. Rates typically increase by about 3-5 percent per year. All housing and meal plan fees are due in accordance to CSUMB Tuition/Fees Deadlines. All rates now include GradGuard Renters Insurance (See Below). 

Residence Halls - 1, 2, 3, and 4-person Rooms

Building Room Type Bedroom/Bathroom Kitchen Meal Plan Requirement Semester Rate
Residence Halls Single * 1BR / 1 Bath Shared Community Yes $5,446
Double  1 BR / 1 Bath Shared Community Yes $4,436
Triple/Quad 1 BR / 1 Bath Shared Community Yes $3,771

* Limited Availability

North Quad - 2 and 6-person Suites

Building Room Type Bedroom / Bathroom Kitchen Meal Plan Requirement Semester Rate
Pinnacles Suites, Vineyard Suites Single Bedroom 2BR/1 Bath, 4BR / 2 Bath Kitchenette Yes $6,281
Double Bedroom 4BR / 2 Bath Kitchenette Yes $5,220

* Limited Availability

North Quad - 1, 2, and 4-person Apartments

Building Room Type Bedroom/Bathroom Kitchen Meal Plan Requirement Semester Rate
Strawberry Apartments Studio* Studio/1 Bath Kitchenette No $6,801
Single 2BR/1 Bath, 4BR/2 Bath Full Kitchen No $6,801

* Limited Availability

Promontory - 2, 3, 5, and 6-person Apartments

Building Room Type Bedroom/Bathroom Kitchen Meal Plan Requirement Semester Rate
Promontory Single Bedroom 2BR/2 Bath, 3BR/3 Bath, 4BR / 4 Bath Full Kitchen No $7,680
Double Bedroom 4BR / 4 Bath Full Kitchen No $5,627

East Campus

Room Type Bedroom/Bathroom Kitchen Meal Plan Requirement Semester Rate 
3-Person Unfurnished Single 2 BR / 1 Bath Full Kitchen No $5,412
3-Person Unfurnished Double 2 BR / 1 Bath Full Kitchen No $4,075
3-Person Furnished Single 2 BR / 1 Bath Full Kitchen No $5,721
3-Person Furnished Double 2 BR / 1 Bath Full Kitchen No $4,359
2-Bedroom Family Apartment 2 BR / 1 Bath Full Kitchen No $9,118

Residential Meal Plans

2024-2025 Meal Plans

The meal plan cost is in addition to the housing rent listed above. Meal plans are required for students that live in Residence Hall and Suite style units. Students in apartments are encouraged to purchase a meal plan to take advantage of convenient dining options. For more information on specific plans, please see the Dining Services page on Residential Meal Plans. For changes to your meal plan please refer to Meal Plan Changes

Meal Plan Required for those assigned to: Optional for those assigned to: Dining Dollars Meals (DC only) Meal Exchange Total
(Meals + Exchanges)
Semester Rate
Otter 225 Residence Halls Pinnacles, Vineyard, Strawberry, Promontory, East Campus Apartments 625 161 64 225 $2,860
Otter 7 Residence Halls Pinnacles, Vineyard, Strawberry, Promontory, East Campus Apartments 250 unlimited 64 unlimited + 64 $2,860
Otter 5 Residence Halls Pinnacles, Vineyard, Strawberry, Promontory, East Campus Apartments 400 unlimited 64 unlimited + 64 $2,860
Monterey Bay 140 Pinnacles, Vineyard* Strawberry, Promontory, East Campus Apartments 900 92 48 140 $2,462
Monterey Bay 100 Pinnacles, Vineyard* Strawberry, Promontory, East Campus Apartments 800 68 32 100 $1,898
Monterey Bay 70

Pinnacles, Vineyard*

Strawberry, Promontory, East Campus Apartments 725 54 16 70 $1,790