This year, we are pricing our housing in two tiers: standard and economy.

Standard housing includes rooms that are a bit larger and, in some cases, are in buildings that have been recently constructed or renovated. The “dorm” option in regular housing refers to rooms that house four people. Includes rooms in Arbor House, Bill's Place, Dorm 54, Heaven's Above, Radcliffe, The Pines, The Sleeping Cabins, and New Housing.

Economy housing includes rooms that are a little smaller, many are in older buildings, and a few are located one-half-mile from the center of campus (let us know if this will present a physical hardship for you). The “dorm” option in economy housing refers to rooms that house up to 15 people. Includes roomes in Craft House, Horner, Long House, and The Pines.

Housing assignments are made shortly before the session begins.We do our best to match students with the type of housing they request, but this is not always possible, and we cannot honor requests for specific rooms or buildings.

Representative photographs of Penland housing.

Refund/Cancellation Policy for summer:

Penland makes a substantial investment when planning a class, and vacancies can be hard to fill even if there is a waiting list, so we must charge cancellation fees to offset the cost of these vacancies. If you cancel any time up to 30 days before the beginning of a class, you will receive a full refund minus a $100 cancellation fee and the $50 nonrefundable processing fee. If you cancel later than 30 days before the beginning of the class, there is no refund. This policy also applies to work-study scholarship students.

If it is necessary for Penland to cancel a class for any reason, students will be notified and offered another class or a full refund. We cannot be responsible for nonrefundable airline tickets.