Dormitories

Students at Deerfield live in 16 dorms, ranging in size from John Williams House, housing 16 students and two faculty members, to Johnson-Doubleday, a modern complex, housing 78 students and six faculty members and their families. About 80 percent of our students live in single rooms.

Students are housed by gender in dorms comprised of freshmen and sophomores or juniors and seniors. Freshmen and sophomores live with senior proctors on their corridors. Returning students register their housing preferences each spring with the Dean of Students Office.

Dorm life is centered on the corridor where between eight and 16 students live with a faculty resident. Deerfield faculty have a deep commitment to the community and nowhere is this more evident than in the dorms. Faculty are involved in the lives of the students who live on their “halls” both formally and informally and are a daily presence in their lives. The campus-wide student/faculty ratio of 12 to 1 ensures personal attention and support. Along with their good humor and ability to deal with diverse demands on their time, faculty residents shape the positive and wholesome atmosphere found across the Deerfield campus.