Can You REALLY Save Money Living Off Campus

Deepee89
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:30:30 +0000

As a freshman you can’t get off-campus housing unless you live at home, live with a relative (which you can actually kind of work the system with, if you can find an upper-classmen and say you’re cousins you can do it), or i’ve heard of kids paying for dorms and apartments at the same time which obv. isn’t economical.

Off-campus housing may or may not be more economical.

If living in a suite, its going to be about $930 bucks a month or $2790 per term. Drexel also leases out apartments which are considered off-campus. Drexel-leased apts in Ucross are about the same. Non-Drexel ucross apts tend to be a bit cheaper from what i’ve seen but don’t always include utilities.

Most students in off-campus stuff pay anywhere between $500 - $1100+ per month. It really depends on the type of place/how many roommates/utility inclusion etc. Theres students scattered about west philly/center city. Theres kids on Penn’s campus, Rittenhouse Square, Temple’s campus, etc. Some are out in the ghetto, some are in nice high-rises, some live right next to the class buildings.


So sometimes people might live in the dorms for a couple of terms after freshman year and then move to an apt or house if they can find a good price, or some might move from an apt. into a dorm. With the co-op cycles, people are constantly moving around. Theres almost always sublets up for grabs.

I live in my fraternity house for $450 per month which includes all utilities which is probably the best price you could get.