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University of Missouri - Off-Campus Housing - Off-Campus Housing - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.85

Off-Campus Housing

Quick Stats

Undergrads Living Off Campus 72%
Freshmen Living Off Campus 14%

Best Time to Look for a Place

Places look to renew tenants' leases by the end of March, so start looking for somewhere to live during February or March.

Popular Areas
  • Brookside Townhomes
  • Campus Lodge
  • Campus View Apartments
  • East Campus
  • Garry Lewis Properties at Corporate Lake: The Hill, Swan Lake, Timber Ridge, Bethel Duplexes, Brandon Woods Place
  • Grindstone Canyon Apartments
  • Log Hill Run
  • The Cottages
  • The Falls
  • The Reserve
  • Tiger Village
Average Rents
  • 1 BR: $500
  • 2 BR: $497
  • 3 BR: $770
  • 4 BR: $1,100

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Most students can't wait to get off campus, have their own room, and make their own rules. One thing to watch out for: make sure the people you're moving in with are trustworthy enough to sign a lease. There are plenty of single-bedroom apartments, but they are also very expensive. Realty companies don't often offer individual leases, so if a roommate stops paying rent, everyone in the house is responsible.

Columbia offers multiple areas for student living, including The Falls, Bearfield, The Cottages, and Grantwood Village. These places do not offer single-bedroom housing, but rather they provide multiple-room housing for roommates. The prices for rent range from $250 to $400 per person. This does not include utilities or cable/Internet. Some of these places are very nice on the inside and are in decent neighborhoods; others (such as most housing on East Campus) are not very good. East Campus housing is good in the aspect that it is very close to campus. Most other places are about a five- to 10-minute drive from campus.

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Off-Campus Housing at University of Missouri

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Columbia is one of the biggest college towns in the state. There are three Universities neighboring each other here so there are lots of college students looking for off campus housing here. The University of Missouri owns at least three off campus housing complexes close by so you'd have to live under Residential Life ruling if you want to be close to campus. However, many of the places offer busing to the University. There's just more students than housing so it's all about getting contracts and getting them early.

May 21, 2012

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Off-Campus Housing at University of Missouri

Srgelb2

Early Childhood Education '16

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Honestly, I Have No Clue

I am going to Mizzou in the fall,and I don't know much information about this.

Apr 22, 2012

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Off-Campus Housing at University of Missouri

AmandaJoe

Social Work and Youth Services '13

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Cheaper Off-Campus

Off-campus housing is a lot cheaper here in my opinion. Many people try to find housing on east/west "campus" its not really campus, but its very close. Those places are harder to get due to everyone wants them. Other off-campus housing is still cheaper. We have shuttles that go back and fourth to campus from around 6 am to 1 am every day. The price of these houses/apartments are still cheaper than paying to live in the dorm or in the greek houses. Parking if you do drive for some reason can be a bit of a hassel and expensive but its not impossible. The shuttles are provided by the University though and they aren't expensive and they are very convienent.

Feb 22, 2012

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User rating for University of Missouri - Off-Campus Housing is 4.6 out of 5 based on 37 user reviews.

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