The Valley Apartments include San Buenaventura and San Antonio De Padua (SAP). A Community Director, an Assistant Community Director, eleven Resident Assistants, and a Resident Minister reside in Valley Apartments alongside 345 residents.
2025-26 Housing Update
San Buen is an SYE (Second Year Experiential) area solely for second year students. SAP will be predominantly for first-year and transfer students for the 2025-26 academic year.
Valley Apartments
San Buenaventura
The building has many perks to offer residents. These include large bedrooms, living rooms, and very large bathrooms. Additionally, there are elevators and even a putting green! The residence hall houses 88 single bedrooms and 76 double bedrooms for about 250 second-year residents.
Valley Apartments
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio de Padua (SAP) will house a mix of first-year and transfer students for the 2025-26 academic year.
SAP offers approximately 41 units, consisting of mostly large one-bedroom apartments for up to four residents. Each unit is entered from an interior hallway and some have balcony views of Tecolote Canyon and Mission Bay.
Continuous occupancy (including Christmas/winter Break, Intersession, and Spring Break) is provided at no additional expense to non-freshman residents that stay for the full academic year.
San Buen & SAP Photos
Apartment Layouts
San Buenaventura (San Buen) consists of 4 floors connected by stairs and elevators. Each floor has four wings (10s, 20s, 30s & 40s). Floors 2-4 have identical layouts. Floor 1 has less residential rooms due to the large communal space and other storage rooms. There are two main entrances one on the side of the building that leads to a parking lot and the other next to the Bosley Fitness Center.
San Antonio de Padua (SAP) consists of three floors filled with mostly one bedroom apartments for up to four residents. The even numbered apartments that face the Tecolote canyon have balconies. All rooms have ceiling fans and brand new steel appliances.
Valley Apartment Resources
During the day, residents can visit the Valley Residential desk located in Mata'yuum Crossroads. Please see our Residential Resources page for the hours of operation and additional information.
RAs are present during the evenings for Valley residents.
The Bosley Cafeé is a full-service coffee/juice bar and sandwich shop featuring an assortment of healthy food choice and late-night snack options including fresh organic foods such as sandwiches, salads, plus frozen yogurt. See Bosley Cafeé Hours.
Please see our Residential Resources page for more information on laundry services.
The Laundry Facilities are located on the first floor of San Buen in the first wing past the lobby.
San Antonio De Padua has one laundry room on the garage level of the building.
San Buen has lounges on every floor. The large multi-purpose room on the first floor is equipped with couches, a TV, and a pool table. Pool table supplies can be checked out at the Valley Residential Desk in Mata'yuum Crossroads.
The second floor consists of a study lounge complete with couches, study spaces, and a TV.
The third floor consists of a conference room with portable tables, and is a great place for meetings.
There are also small study rooms at the back of all four floors.
There is one lounge in San Antonio De Padua (SAP) on the garage level. It houses a practice piano, bar seating, and lounge seating. It is a great place to gather with friends and relax.
Residential Education offers programming and leadership opportunities specific to second year residents through the Second Year Torero Experiential Program (STEP). To learn about events and opportunities, please visit our STEP page.
SAP is home to an outdoor living space that features a large seating area, fire pit, lounge chairs, and patio furniture perfect for spending time with friends or pursuing outdoor study groups.
Residents can check out the key to the fire pit at the Valley Residential Desk in Mata'yuum Crossroads. (note it is not currently in service due to the on-going global pandemic).