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Cornell University · Ithaca, NY

Cornelldorm room planner.

9 residence halls · 19 room types with real measured dimensions. Pick your building, get a layout that fits to the inch, and a shoppable list that fits your budget.

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Every room type, one scale1 square = 1 ft

The same “double” can be 154 or 221 square feet here. Seeing them side by side is the whole point.

  • Cornell
  • 9 residence halls
  • 19 room types
  • 19 published sizes

Residence halls · A to Z

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Open a building for its room types, measured dimensions, bed and closet sizes, and an example layout drawn to scale.

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Cornell dorms ranked by double size · published sizes

Not all doublesare equal.

The biggest double at Cornell is at Risley Residential College: 221 sq ft. The smallest is at Mary Donlon, 154 sq ft. For comparison, the typical double across 45 colleges is 180 sq ft (average dorm room size). Published dimensions describe room types, not individual rooms, so confirm anything tight on move-in day.

Floor area of double rooms at Cornell University, largest first
Halls and sizeFloor area
Risley Residential College · Double17 × 13 ft221 sq ft
JAM (Just About Music), Balch, West Campus Houses (Becker, Bethe, Cook, Keeton, Rose) · Double14 × 12 ft168 sq ft
New North Campus (Hu Shih, Morrison, Ginsburg, McClintock) · Double13.5 × 12 ft162 sq ft
Clara Dickson, Low Rises (6 & 7) · Double13 × 12 ft156 sq ft
High Rises (5 & Jameson) · Double13.5 × 11.5 ft155 sq ft
Mary Donlon · Double14 × 11 ft154 sq ft

Your room at Cornell,planned.

Your Cornell University room, planned to the inch. How we measure these rooms

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