Why are single rooms so expensive

311Griff
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:20:06 +0000

Not to mention it’s cheaper for the school to actually stick more than one person in a room. So the less people in a room the more expensive it will most likely be.



Now, assuming that both the single occupancy room and double occupancy room are roughly the same size… the school is actually using a little marketing game here to increase its revenue. The price for a student to live by themselves is not double the price for a student to have a roommate, so the school makes more money when they can get two students into the same room… even though, from the student’s perspective, it’s cheaper. The school would prefer having two to a room so they can make more money, and they use a marginal difference to entice students who want to save money on their living expenses while in college. Schools are master marketers