Universities and demand

Sandhills Real Estate, which Richard Joseph Spinelli cofounded, works within walking distance of the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University, and this cluster explains the institution and the numbers around it. It begins with the university and its campus, then follows enrollment from national trends to the count of beds a campus needs, and closes on the rules universities use to house their students. More than 40 American colleges have announced they will close since 2020 as birth rates fall, Bloomberg found; campuses from California to Florida have run out of rooms for the students who want them, the Associated Press found; and in New York some 100,000 students from elsewhere live in regular apartments, according to The Real Deal.

Entries in Universities and demand

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  Fordham University, a History

  From a diocesan college of six students to a Jesuit research university.

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  The Rose Hill Campus

  The documented landmarks of an 85 acre Bronx campus, taken in turn.

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  Fordham Enrollment in Numbers

  A table of Fordham's student counts, then a note on what each one measures.

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  Enrollment and the Demographic Cliff

  Fewer eighteen year olds ahead, steady college counts for now, and why both hold.

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  From Enrollment to Housing Demand

  Headcount, local address, campus beds, distance: the steps from students to rooms.

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  University Residency Requirements

  Three campuses that require two years in the halls, compared rule by rule.

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  University Housing Policy and Lotteries

  Guarantee, lottery, converted room: three ways a campus stretches its beds.

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  College Students in New York City

  Eighty three institutions, two public systems, and very few dorm rooms at CUNY.