Harvard University
- Off-Campus Housing

Off-Campus Is a Hassle in Which Few Students Participate

Because of the strength of on-campus housing and because of the huge expense of apartments in Cambridge, few Harvard students live off campus. It is far more cost effective to live in the dorms, however, if a student were really intent on living in an apartment, there would likely be a large availability. With the large amount of graduate schools in the area, a lot of people look to rent out their apartments or even just rooms to students.

Nonexistent

While almost 95% of undergraduate students chose to live in on-campus housing, the few who do venture outside the Yard are often those who wouldn't ever need to consider the cost of living in an apartment. Apartments around campus are expensive, usually pretty old, and worn out from its previous college residents. For those who find cheaper or at least reasonable housing, it's usually pretty far away from the center of campus, inconvenient, and still more costly than other colleges in the area.

Nice Dorms

No real need for off campus housing, everyone lives in dorms.