On-Campus Housing
Living on Campus
It’s a smart move. On-campus housing allows you to meet new people, make connections and find your place in the community.
Creighton University’s residence halls and apartments offer safe and comfortable living close to class for all undergraduates. Even if you’re from Omaha, we strongly encourage you to live at Creighton to benefit from all on-campus living has to offer.
Learn about each of our residence halls below.
Residence Halls
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FAQs
Creighton requires all freshmen and sophomores to live in a residence hall on campus. Exceptions can be made for those approved to commute from their homes in the immediate Omaha area.
To request an exemption from the live-on-campus requirement, students must submit their request electronically via email to the Assistant Vice Provost for Housing and Auxiliary Services or their designee at living@creighton.edu. Requests are due by July 15 for the fall semester and December 1 for the spring semester. Only the Assistant Vice Provost for Housing and Auxiliary Services or their designee has the authority to review and approve or deny exemption requests.
The Residential Life and Housing Office makes every effort to give students the preferences marked on their housing application. Students desiring to live together must both request each other on their housing applications.
Yes. All residence halls are secured, and entries can only be accessed by approved Creighton ID cards.
Yes. All of our residence halls and apartment buildings are air-conditioned for your comfort.
No, we do not allow third-party or homemade lofts. All our residence hall rooms already have furniture that can be lofted or lowered as needed. When you arrive, the beds will be lofted.
All our beds are twin beds with extra-long mattresses.
Creighton provides mini fridges and microwaves in the rooms of all first-year halls. Rooms or apartments in sophomore and upperclassman halls are also equipped with refrigerators and microwaves. For safety reasons, we prohibit appliances with open heating elements (e.g., George Foreman grills, hot plates, etc.).
No. The entire Creighton University campus, including our residence halls and apartments, is 100% smoke-free.
Mail and packages for all residents can be picked up in the mailroom in Swanson Hall. However, mail for each resident should be addressed in the following way:
[Resident’s first and last name]
[Residence Hall Street Address]
[Residence Hall Name]
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178
Here are the street addresses for each of our residence halls:
- Deglman Hall: 2403 California Plz.
- Graves Hall: 2275 Burt St.
- Davis Square: 2015 Burt St.
- Heider Hall: 302 N. 22nd St.
- Kenefick Hall: 320 N. 20th St.
- McGloin Hall: 2208 California Plz.
- Opus Hall: 615 N. 20th St.
- Swanson Hall: 2500 Cass St.
Each residence hall and apartment building has laundry facilities. These laundry rooms are free and available for all residential students to use.
No. There is no on-campus storage space available for student use.
Yes! Renter’s insurance is required for all incoming students to Creighton University. You can purchase insurance through our recommended provider, GradGuard, or provide proof of insurance from your own provider.
Residence Life, Real Conversations: Growing Together
Students who live in our residence halls also experience new growth through candid facilitated discussions among residents—covering topics ranging from current events, relationships, spirituality, vocations and what comes after life on campus. We ask important questions, such as, “Who am I? Who am I in relation to others? Who am I becoming for the world?” These questions, after all, are the hallmark of a well-rounded Jesuit education.
Residential Student Competencies
Our Residential Student Competencies define the learning, growth and development our residents can expect while living on campus. These competencies guide and direct the class-year programming structure of the Department of Residential Life.
Additionally, students are encouraged to use these competencies to create individual learning goals to make the most of their Creighton experience.
Creighton also offers residents the following resources and opportunities:
- Living-learning communities
- Prayer spaces and chaplains
- Success Hubs
- Inter-residence hall government
To integrate students’ experiences in the residence halls with their academic endeavors, we also offer the following living-learning communities:
- Freshman Leadership Program (FLP): The FLP is a partnership between the Department of Residential Life and Student Leadership and Involvement Center. It challenges students to grow as leaders, to understand what leadership means to them, and to implement leadership skills learned across campus and the Omaha community.
- The Honors Scholars Community: This community is home to the first-year women and men admitted to the Honors Program, which provides students a challenging and innovative academic alternative to Creighton’s Magis Core. It also offers individualized attention from top faculty mentors.
- Cortina Community: To prepare students to connect their passion for social justice with their academic and future goals, the Cortina Community challenges them to investigate social inequalities and difficult realities in a new way. Open to sophomore applicants, this community also facilitates an understanding of the self in relation to a call to do justice—all within the context of community.
Each community has its own application criteria. Students who are part of a living-learning community will be notified individually.
The chaplain program is a long-standing collaboration between the Department of Residential Life and Campus Ministry. Both Jesuits and lay ministers live among our students in the residence halls, serving as additional supports and resources for our students. They participate in meetings with hall staff and hall government, offer programs to promote hospitality and spirituality, organize Catholic masses in the hall chapels and are available to be a conversation partner for students. Residence halls with prayer spaces and chaplains are listed below.
- Graves Hall: Fr. John Shea; space on first floor
- Heider Hall: Sister Kathy Kavany; space on first floor
- Kenefick Hall: Prayer space on the second floor
- McGloin Hall: Fr. Michael Flecky, SJ
- Swanson Hall: Prayer space on the first floor
All first-year residence halls include a Success Hub, which is a space dedicated to personal academic support and study. Success Hubs are open to all Creighton students.
In the Jesuit, Catholic tradition at Creighton University, the concept of community is paramount in a student’s collegiate experience. Whether it’s fostered in a student organization, a residence hall floor or a homeless shelter, the ongoing creation of community is critical to the development of a service of faith that promotes justice. The Department of Residential Life at Creighton University has a rich tradition of providing its students with opportunities to serve the community. This is also part of a larger, university-wide priority to be mindful of its role as a corporate citizen and for other efforts within the University.
Participating in Creighton’s Inter-residence Hall Government provides students the opportunity to engage with staff, host programs and work to improve the residential experience at Creighton.
Contact information
Department of Residential Life
Swanson Hall 136
402.280.2717
