<p>It might just be tech that it’s cheaper to live on campus than off? A friend of mine is paying 400(including utilities) a month for a pretty good apartment shared with 2 other guys and for a year it would be 4,800. The dorm at UVA is 4,870 the first year and 5,500+ the rest of the years. I always assumed it was cheaper to live in apartments with 2-3 other guys than in a dorm.</p>