The University of Memphis has five traditional residence halls on its main campus, Shirley C. Raines Centennial Place, the Living Learning Complex (LLC), Rawls Hall, Smith Hall and South Hall, plus the apartment-style Carpenter Complex and Victory Park for upperclassmen, Graduate and Student Family Housing, and Carney-Johnston on the Lambuth campus. For 2026-2027, double-occupancy rates in the traditional halls run from $2,672 per semester in Rawls and Smith to $3,454 in Centennial Place.
Everything below comes from the university’s Housing and Residence Life site: the residence halls page and the housing rates page, which lists rates per semester for fall and spring.
What Living on Campus at the University of Memphis Involves
Housing contracts run for a full academic year, fall and spring, unless a student graduates in December or does not return for spring; cancelling the spring portion after living on campus in the fall carries a contract breakage penalty. Rates are charged each semester, and a $15 mail-services charge per semester is added for a mailbox and package delivery. The university describes three room styles: pod-style, where a wing of 10 to 12 rooms shares 6 to 7 private restroom and shower facilities; community-style, where about 30 rooms on a floor share two community restrooms with individual stalls; and suite-style, where two rooms (4 people) share one restroom accessible only to those rooms.
What the Traditional Residence Halls Are Like
Shirley C. Raines Centennial Place
The university’s premier co-ed community, housing 780 students in traditional pod-style rooms and apartments with kitchenettes, collaboration spaces and lounges. Traditional double rooms are $3,454 per semester in 2026-2027; the apartment side is $4,246 per semester and is not available to first-year students.
Living Learning Complex (LLC)
An all-freshmen co-ed hall centrally located on campus, with single and double rooms, music practice rooms and laundry facilities on every floor. It is pod-style, at $3,359 per semester for a double. Some Living Learning Communities in the building can house sophomores.
Rawls Hall
A community-style women’s residence hall with kitchenettes, laundry facilities and lounges, at $2,672 per semester for a double, the lowest rate on campus alongside Smith.
Smith Hall
A three-story traditional hall housing 156 women, with community-style baths and lounge areas, also $2,672 per semester for a double.
South Hall
An all-male hall housing 166 students in double rooms with suite-style baths, with a game room with pool tables and a 24-hour study lounge, at $3,060 per semester.
What the Apartment-Style Housing Is Like
Carpenter Complex
A gated community of apartments and townhouses housing 500 upperclassmen, at $4,246 per semester in 2026-2027. Not available to first-year students.
Victory Park
Apartment-style living with studio, two-bedroom and four-bedroom layouts in which every bedroom has its own private bathroom, housing 500 upperclassmen. On 10-month contracts, 2026-2027 rates are $6,397 per semester for a studio, $5,189 for a two-by-two and $4,671 for a four-by-four. Not available to first-year students.
Graduate and Student Family Housing
A community of graduate students and students with families in one- and two-bedroom apartments and townhouses, with access to a pool and playground. Utilities are included up to a monthly cap of $100 for one-bedroom units and $150 for two-bedroom units, with overages billed to the student account.
Carney-Johnston
The residence hall on the university’s Lambuth campus, listed alongside the main-campus halls.
What a Room Costs in 2026-2027
- Rawls Hall and Smith Hall (community-style, women): $2,672 per semester.
- South Hall (suite-style, men): $3,060.
- Living Learning Complex (pod-style, freshmen): $3,359.
- Centennial Place (pod-style): $3,454; apartments $4,246.
- Carpenter Complex: $4,246.
- Victory Park: $4,671 to $6,397 on 10-month contracts.
- Full summer 2026 (May 11 to August 8): $3,134.
All traditional-hall rates are for double occupancy, plus the $15 mail-services charge. Rates for 2025-2026 were lower in every hall, and the university has already published 2027-2028 rates, which rise again.
Tips for Choosing a Dorm at the University of Memphis
- Freshmen: the LLC is the all-freshmen hall; Centennial Place’s traditional rooms are the other pod-style option.
- Lowest cost: Rawls and Smith, if you are comfortable with community-style bathrooms.
- Privacy: South Hall’s suite baths are shared by only four students; Victory Park gives every bedroom its own bathroom, but only to upperclassmen.
- Plan for the full year: contracts cover fall and spring, and breaking the spring half costs a penalty.
Conclusion
The University of Memphis keeps its on-campus options simple: two pod-style halls (Centennial Place and the freshman LLC), two low-cost community-style women’s halls, one suite-style men’s hall, and apartments for upperclassmen and families. With 2026-2027 traditional-hall rates between $2,672 and $3,454 per semester, the choice mainly turns on bathroom style and budget.