{"id":79,"date":"2025-04-09T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/residencelife\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:36:09","slug":"housing-deposit-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/residencelife\/current-returning-students\/housing-deposit-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Deposit Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Residence Life and Housing<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Housing Deposit Information<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-housing-deposit-information\">Housing Deposit Information<\/h2><p>Every residential student must pay a housing deposit in the amount of $250 either at the time of admission or upon returning to university housing.&nbsp;<strong>Students may not complete a housing application until a housing deposit is paid and processed, which takes roughly 48 hours from receipt of deposit.<\/strong><\/p><p>The deposit is held until the student departs campus housing. If there are no damages or other charges assessed on the student&rsquo;s account at that time, the Office of Student Accounts will later process a refund. Students who are approved to be released from their housing and dining services agreement forfeit their housing deposit.<\/p><p>Newly admitted residential students must pay their housing deposit through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/admissions\/\">Office of Admissions<\/a>.<\/p><p>Students&nbsp;<em>returning&nbsp;<\/em>to on-campus housing may submit a housing deposit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/residencelife\/current-returning-students\/housing-deposit-information\/pay-housing-deposit\/\">online<\/a> or with a $250&nbsp;<strong>check, cash (exact amount) or money order<\/strong>. Checks and money orders should be made out to UMW with the Student ID number (beginning with &ldquo;000&rdquo;) in the memo line, and brought to Marye House or mailed to:<\/p><p>UMW Residence Life<br>Attn: Cece Burkett<br>1301 College Avenue<br>Fredericksburg, VA 22401<\/p><p>We recommend you make an appointment to drop off a check, cash, or money order to ensure someone who is authorized to accept it is in the office.  <\/p><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing Deposit InformationEvery residential student must pay a housing deposit in the amount of $250 either at the time of admission or upon returning to university housing.&nbsp;Students may not complete a housing application until a housing deposit is paid and processed, which takes roughly 48 hours from receipt of deposit.The deposit is held until the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2180,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-79","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Housing Deposit Information &#187; 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