The Most Expensive College to Live at in Each State [MAP]
By Tyler Hakes
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The cost of college has never been more expensive with costs rising faster than inflation. What students pay for higher education can vary greatly depending on a number of factors, but one of the most important–and often overlooked–costs is housing. Sometimes, living off-campus near a university is incredibly expensive.
We wanted to dig into rental property price data from our campuses and determine which colleges have the most expensive off-campus housing costs in each state.
For our analysis, we took the average asking rents in June 2016 for 2-bedroom rentals near every major university in the country. As you might expect, it is really expensive to live near your university in San Francisco, New York, and Boston and pretty cheap to live off-campus in South Dakota and Wyoming. But within each state, the costs can fluctuate a lot based on location and population.
Here’s the map showing the most expensive campuses from each state:
Full rental data
Here’s the final data table, showing each school (note that some states have ties at multiple universities):
| State |
School |
Rent Average |
| AK |
University of Alaska Anchorage |
$1,206 |
| AL |
University of Alabama |
$955 |
| AR |
University of Arkansas |
$1,150 |
| AZ |
Arizona State University |
$1,313 |
| CA |
University of San Francisco |
$6,537 |
| CA |
University of California-San Francisco |
$6,537 |
| CO |
University of Colorado Boulder |
$1,933 |
| CT |
University of Connecticut |
$1,456 |
| DC |
American University |
$3,756 |
| DE |
University of Delaware |
$1,396 |
| FL |
University of Miami |
$2,564 |
| GA |
Georgia Tech |
$1,678 |
| HI |
Hawaii Pacific University |
$2,685 |
| IA |
University of Iowa |
$1,284 |
| ID |
Brigham Young University-Idaho |
$931 |
| IL |
DePaul University |
$3,064 |
| IN |
Indiana University Bloomington |
$1,057 |
| KS |
University of Kansas |
$829 |
| KY |
University of Louisville |
$975 |
| LA |
Loyola University-New Orleans |
$2,398 |
| LA |
Tulane University of Louisiana |
$2,398 |
| LA |
Xavier University of Louisiana |
$2,398 |
| MA |
Harvard University |
$2,838 |
| MA |
Boston University |
$2,838 |
| MD |
University of Maryland-University College |
$1,809 |
| ME |
University of Maine |
$1,370 |
| MI |
University of Michigan |
$1,453 |
| MN |
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
$1,520 |
| MO |
Saint Louis University-Main Campus |
$1,285 |
| MS |
University of Mississippi |
$1,204 |
| MT |
The University of Montana |
$928 |
| NC |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
$1,165 |
| ND |
North Dakota State University-Main Campus |
$736 |
| NE |
Creighton University |
$1,122 |
| NH |
University of New Hampshire |
$1,088 |
| NJ |
Rutgers University-New Brunswick |
$1,992 |
| NM |
University of New Mexico-Main Campus |
$918 |
| NV |
University of Nevada-Las Vegas |
$827 |
| NY |
New York University |
$3,646 |
| OH |
Xavier University |
$1,606 |
| OK |
University of Tulsa |
$896 |
| OR |
Portland State University |
$1,546 |
| PA |
University of Pennsylvania |
$2,086 |
| PA |
Drexel University |
$2,086 |
| RI |
Providence College |
$1,541 |
| SC |
College of Charleston |
$1,203 |
| SD |
University of South Dakota |
$666 |
| TN |
Vanderbilt University |
$1,887 |
| TX |
University of Houston |
$2,445 |
| UT |
University of Utah |
$1,473 |
| VA |
George Mason University |
$1,988 |
| VT |
University of Vermont |
$1,580 |
| WA |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus |
$5,175 |
| WI |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
$1,317 |
| WV |
West Virginia University |
$975 |
| WY |
University of Wyoming |
$723 |
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