Since Point Loma Nazarene University is a residential campus, all students are required to live on campus. Exceptions to this policy are:

• A student who chooses to live at home with their parents
• A student who is 23 years of age or older
• Students who are married
• Students are working in a live-in work arrangement.

Requests for these exceptions must be filed with the Dean of Students.

Often additional students are allowed to live off campus in order to provide space for incoming freshmen and transfer students. This usually happens for the Fall semester, and very rarely for the Spring semester. Students who are wanting to live off campus should therefore apply to live off campus for the Fall semester. This is done during a specific time frame in the Housing selection process. Students should pay careful attention to the process so that they do not miss the deadlines for applying to move off campus for the following year. Not all applications received are approved, so students should not make an action to move off campus prior to receiving approval.

Students who would like apply to move off campus must:

• Be a junior or senior in the year in which they are applying for off campus approval.
• Be in good academic standing.
• Be in good standing with chapel attendance.
• Not have had disciplinary sanctions in the previous two semesters – especially for drugs, alcohol, or tobacco violations.

While waiting for approval for permission to move off campus a student should take no action to move off campus until permission is granted. Signing a lease for an off campus living arrangement does not break the contract that a student has with Point Loma Nazarene University.

Once a student moves off campus they must change their address and phone in the student portal within 10 days in order to avoid room and board charges.