<p>have heard differing reports. some that the campus almost empty on weekends. do most kids go home for weekends?</p>
<p>LC is roughly 50% commuter. RH is much better but there is still a majority from the tri-state area and a good sized commuter population.</p>
<p>My S is at RH. While there is a sizeable communter population compared to many schools, a majority of students live on campus. He guessed that at least three quarters of students at RH are residents (although that is in no way an official number). He has only one friend who goes home on weekends. In general, Fordham RH students have active social lives that can fit almost every interest between parties, Arthur Avenue, bars, going into Manhattan etc.</p>
<p>More than 75% of Fordham students live on campus. Even for those who come from the tri-state area, most stay on campus on weekends, though some go home periodically for sleep, home cooked food or other personal issues.</p>
<p>My stats come from what Admissions publishes.</p>
<p>Fordham just opened two new upperclassmen dorms on Rose Hill campus and its still busting at the seams. Fordham has a 250 million dollar expansion of Lincoln Center underway and starting construction as we speak, which includes more dorm space there.</p>
<p>I live on campus and have not gone home besides during school-wide breaks. So I’ve been at Fordham for almost every weekend for the past three semesters. I’ve never felt like Fordham is a commuter school that empties out on the weekends. There’s a great weekend social scene both on and off campus at Rose Hill. </p>
<p>About 22% of Rose Hill students commute, but of this population, many live right outside Fordham’s gates. Others will stay with friends who live on campus during the weekends. I actually think it’s good that Fordham has a commuting student population because it allows more students from low-income backgrounds to afford Fordham. </p>
<p>I think Fordham sometimes has a reputation for being a commuting school because for most of it’s history it has been just that. But during the past two decades (and especially the last five years or so) Fordham’s geographic diversity has greatly increased. Every year, there are more and more students from outside the tri-state area. California is even Fordham’s fourth largest feeder state now.</p>