Accommodation in Loughborough and Exeter

I like to plan ahead and I'm curious to learn more about the different halls in Loughborough and Exeter.
I'm considering both universities but haven’t decided which one I want to make my first choice and which one to use as my insurance choice.
I've heard that Exeter has a lot of students from private schools. I'm not sure how true this is—do they all stay in the same house?
For now, I would like to understand the various halls and their differences.
Thank you.

Hi anonymous,
Great to hear that you are interested in applying to the University of Exeter. We have a wide range of first-year accommodation that involves different choices such as catered vs self-catered, en-suite or shared bathrooms and in different locations on or off-campus. You can find out a lot more about our accommodation and the choices involved here (assuming that you are applying to a course at our Streatham or St Luke's Campus). If based in Penryn, you can check out accommodation choices here. These websites are really helpful as they provide comparisons across lots of details such as contract length and prices so you can easily see which accommodation might be the best fit for you.
Exeter University has a diverse student body, that includes a mix of both privately and state educated students - I myself am part of the latter and went to a state school in the Midlands! In the Times University Guide for 2025 they collect data on independent school admissions and the University of Exeter ranked 7th with 30% independent school admissions - so still significantly more non-privately educated students. If you want to check out this data yourself you can see it here, where Exeter ranks similarly to other universities such as UCL and Edinburgh. In my experience students from different backgrounds tend to be pretty well dispersed across university and although there may be some trends, you'll still be able to find a mix of like-minded students at whichever accommodation block you choose. Outside of your accommodation, you'll also get the chance to interact with a wide range of students through academic activities, societies, sports and just through life on campus.
As a final piece of advice, you may like to make use of our chat service, Unibuddy, where you can message current students directly. You can find a link to this here, and it may be useful to message students at the campus you are thinking of studying at to gain their first-hand perspective on the student accommodation they lived in and the differences or comparisons between the options.
I hope that's helpful, but let me know if you have any further questions.
Kingsley
University of Exeter Student Ambassador