U.S. least affordable off-campus college towns 2017

This statistic shows the least affordable off-campus rents in college towns in the United States in 2017. Stanford University was the second most expensive college town for off-campus rents with a market difference of 68.3 percent. This means that the average off-campus rent near Stanford university was 68.3 percent higher than the average market rent in that area.

Least affordable off-campus rents in college towns in the United States in 2017*

Characteristic	Market difference
University of California, Los Angeles	85.2%
Stanford University	68.3%
Georgetown University	60%
George Washington University	59.3%
Michigan State University	58.8%
University of Miami	47%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	46.8%
University of California, Irvine	43.4%
University of California, Berkeley	34.2%
Florida Atlantic University	34.1%

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August 2017

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United States

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2017

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*The source analyzed the median rent within a two-mile radius of campus and compared it to the metro area's market-rate rent. These figures show how much higher the off-campus rents were in comparison to the market-rate rents of the respective metro area. Only colleges with at least 15,000 students or higher were included in the study.

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