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Quick StatsUndergrads in Off Campus Housing
14 %
Best Time to Look for a Place
Mid-summer, early January
Average Rents
- 3 BR - $1,100.00
- 4 BR - $1,300.00
- 1 BR - $700.00
- 2 BR - $900.00
- Studio - $450.00
Popular Areas
- behind Strong Hospital
- Elmwood
- Park Ave.
College Prowler Take
Housing off campus is easy to find, with plenty of affordable places close to campus. The biggest attraction is that the prices per month, especially split between housemates, can be an extremely good deal. With the compactness of the campus at UR though, and the sense of community, many undergrads find it best and most convenient to live all four years on campus rather than off. Even Take Five students in the fifth year of their studies will live on campus. Groups tend to move into suites and are content to be in the dorms if it means they are able to live conveniently with friends. People do move into houses in groups, though, if the suite option isn’t the most palatable. The University does not own any off-campus housing, so if you decide to move off campus, you’re on your own. If you have a car, it is workable to live off campus, and it will save you money by not paying room and board to the college. For more independent spirits or people with off-campus jobs, it may also make sense to not live in campus housing. Still, students often choose to live on campus, especially in Hill Court or GLC, where you feel somewhat off campus but are still technically in dorms. For certain circumstances and upperclassmen, off-campus housing is the right option, but it is not a choice made by the majority. Students Speak Out
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Anonymous says:  |
You can’t live off campus until...
You can’t live off campus until junior year, and not a huge number of people choose it. Rents in Rochester are obscenely low; you can get a four- or five-bedroom house for less than $2,000 a month in a lot of areas. It’s a lot easier to move off campus if you have a car, though. |
Anonymous says: |
Fiscally is it worth it? Yes. It’s...
Fiscally is it worth it? Yes. It’s easy because you don’t have to deal with bills. But for the same price you can get a much bigger place to yourself. A lot of students choose to live in the young/artsy/yuppie Park Ave. neighborhood. |
Anonymous says: |
Rent in Rochester isn’t too bad,...
Rent in Rochester isn’t too bad, particularly across the river, but not too many people do it. Living on campus is a big thing. For those who do live off campus, it’s good for the budget, but it tends to isolate you from most of what goes on. |
Anonymous says: |
If you have a car, it is...
If you have a car, it is convenient. There really are some nice apartments around town, but you need a car to get back and forth. We are surrounded by the Genesee River, Mt. Hope Cemetery, and Strong Memorial Hospital. There’s nowhere to live right there, so you have to move a little further away, but I know a lot of kids that do. |
Anonymous says: |
There is housing close by and lots...
There is housing close by and lots of housing available in nice, artsy areas within biking distance from campus. It gives you privacy and is considerably less expensive, even if you have a car. |
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