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William Rainey Harper's Index

Living quarters

photo:  living quartersYear the University built Goodspeed, Gates, and Blake, its first dorms: 1892

Residence halls on campus today: 11

Ranking of newest dorm, Max Palevsky, in 2005–06 dorm requests: 1st

Ranking of Breckenridge: 11th

Estimated number of undergraduates living in dorms: 2,585

Percentage of graduate students living in the New Graduate Residence Hall: 1.4

Percentage of 2004–05 dorm residents who were first-years: 45

Percentage who were fourth-years: 10

Average number of meals purchased during an hour of dinner at Bartlett, the busiest dining hall: 1,200

Projected budget for the planned new dorm, expected to open in September 2008 on 61th and Ellis: $104 million

Number of beds the planned dorm will hold: 800–900