2025 Important Dates

Fall 2025/ Spring 2026 Housing Applications Open January 15th 2025!

Application fees are due every other Friday starting January 31st. Your room selection through RoomChoice will be lost if your application fee is not paid. Login to select a room and pay now!

WNMU residence halls and food services are operated on a self-supporting basis. Published rates are therefore subject to change from one academic year to another when necessary to meet operating costs.

The duration of the contractual lease agreement is for the full academic year commencing with the fall semester and ending at the termination of the spring semester. Separate applications must be made, and new contracts signed, for a new academic year and for the summer sessions.

The application fee must accompany the housing application. Rental charges are due and payable at the Business Office in conjunction with other charges (i.e., tuition, fees, meal plan, etc.). Payments may be deferred according to a prearranged schedule through the Business Office.

All suites on our campus are single gender. To inquire about transgender or non-binary options, please contact our office at 575-538-6627 or housing@wnmu.edu.

Your meal plan is chosen when you submit your housing application. This plan can be changed during specific time frames during the semester. A meal plan is required for all residents living in Mustang Village and Centennial Hall. Muir Heights residents are not required to purchase a meal plan. Meals do not transfer from semester to semester.  Meals not used will be lost at the conclusion of each semester.

Fall/ Spring
$2129.75/semester: 150 block per semester in the Mustang Dining Hall plus $250 flex dollars
$2310.75/semester: 175 block per semester in the Mustang Dining Hall plus $225 flex dollars
$2544.00/semester: 19 meals per week in the Mustang Dining Hall plus $175 flex dollars

Summer
$256.75: 30 block per semester in the Mustang Dining Hall plus $25 flex dollars
$420.80: 50 block per semester in the Mustang Dining Hall plus $50 flex dollars

All applications include a $50 application fee in addition to a $25 processing fee. The application fee must be submitted with the Student’s Housing Agreement through RoomChoice. This fee is non-refundable. The application fee is also non-transferable to another time period outside the time specified in these Terms and Conditions. The application fee is a processing fee and is not applied towards rental fees or any other fees.

a. In the event of cancellation of this Agreement in accordance with the procedures for cancellation prior to the census date for the semester, a pro-rated portion of housing fees paid will be refunded. The pro-rated portion of the housing fees will be calculated from the first official published check-in day to the day the student completes the check-out process and vacates the assigned housing unit. No refunds of rental fees shall be made for students who check out on or after the Census date of each semester.

b. Housing fees will be pro-rated for students who initiate a Housing Agreement on or after the first day of classes. Any resident who transfers after they have moved into a different room that has a different rental rate will be charged the pro-rated per-diem rate based on the number of days from the first day of move- in until the day the resident checks out of his or her current space.

c. Refunds are processed by the Business Office and inquiries regarding refunds should be directed to that office.

Students withdrawing from WNMU after having officially registered in a residence hall are not entitled to a refund of room rent for the applicable semester. Should withdrawal be due to a legitimate medical emergency or other unusual circumstance, the unused portion of room rent through the end of the applicable semester may be refunded with the approval of the Director of Residence Life. The student will be charged only for room and board through check out from the hall under the following conditions:

1. Graduation at the end of the fall semester;
2. Dismissal for failure to meet academic standards;
3. Required university academic programs demanding residency outside the Silver City community;
4. Marriage (original marriage license must be presented).

Students who are removed from the residence halls for disciplinary reasons are responsible for the financial obligation for the duration of their contractual agreement (one academic year).

Students who are not returning must submit written notification of vacating 30 days prior to the end of their last semester.

Meal Ticket Refunds

Departing students shall be charged for meals through Saturday of the week in which formal withdrawal occurs. Students departing prior to census date will be entitled to a prorated refund. Students moving out of the residence halls and withdrawing from enrollment after census date will be charged the full semester rate for meals.

Students enrolled at Western New Mexico University are responsible for knowing the rules, policies, procedures, regulations, resources, expectations, and their rights and responsibilities as printed in this Student Handbook.