canada goose The 30 most expensive colleges to live near Emmie Martin Aug. 10, 2016, 1:20 PM Visit Seattle/FacebookThere’s no way around it: College is expensive. Not only do tuition prices continue to rise, but location can skew the final price tag as well, especially for students who want to live close to campus. HomeUnion, an online residential real estate investment management firm, compiled a list of the colleges with the most expensive off-campus housing. The site compared the median rent within a two-mile radius of the university’s campus to the market-rate rent for the larger metro area to find which schools have inflated rent costs near campus. Universities in California — Los Angeles-based UCLA and Stanford, located on the outskirts of San Jose in Silicon Valley — earned the top two spots, with students paying more than 50% the market rate to live close to campus. Though notorious for its high cost of living, New York City landed at No. 10 on the list, likely due to the fact that prices remain high throughout the city and don’t necessarily spike close to New York University’s campus. Read on to see the full list of the most expensive colleges to live near. 1/ 30. University of Michigan Visit Ann Arbor!/Facebook Metro area: Ann Arbor, Michigan Median rent near campus: $1,964 Market-rate rent: $1,793 Percent above market: 9% 2/ 28. (TIE) Clemson University Shutterstock/Sean Pavone Metro area: Greenville, South Carolina Median rent near campus: $1,288 Market-rate rent: $1,158 Percent above market: 11% 3/ 28. (TIE) University of Wisconsin at Madison Jordan Richmond/Flickr Metro area: Madison, Wisconsin Median rent near campus: $1,794 Market-rate rent: $1,611 Percent above market: 11% 4/ 27. University of Central Florida iStock / Sean Pavone Metro area: Orlando, Florida Median rent near campus: $1,552 Market-rate rent: $1,385 Percent above market: 12% 5/ 26. Pennsylvania State University Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Metro area: State College, Pennsylvania Median rent near campus: $1,473 Market-rate rent: $1,289 Percent above market: 14% 6/ 25. Georgetown University Sean Pavone/Shutterstcok Metro area: Washington, D.C. Median rent near campus: $2,335 Market-rate rent: $2,033 Percent above market: 15% 7/ 24. Eastern Florida State College City of Melbourne, FL/Facebook Metro area: Melbourne, Florida Median rent near campus: $1,519 Market-rate rent: $1,310 Percent above market: 16% 8/ 22. (TIE) University of Colorado at Boulder Lee Coursey/Flickr Metro area: Boulder, Colorado Median rent near campus: $2,489 Market-rate rent: $2,122 Percent above market: 17% 9/ 22. (TIE) Georgia State University Sean Pavone/Shutterstock.com Metro area: Atlanta, Georgia Median rent near campus: $1,530 Market-rate rent: $1,304 Percent above market: 17% 10/ 20. (TIE) University of Pittsburgh Shutterstock Metro area: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Median rent near campus: $1,328 Market-rate rent: $1,115 Percent above market: 19% 11/ 20. (TIE) Cleveland State University iStock / PapaBear Metro area: Cleveland, Ohio Median rent near campus: $1,473 Market-rate rent: $1,235 Percent above market: 19% 12/ 19. Virginia Tech Virginia Tech/Facebook Metro area: Blacksburg, Virginia Median rent near campus: $1,462 Market-rate rent: $1,191 Percent above market: 22% 13/ 18. University of Texas at Austin Wikimedia Commons Metro area: Austin, Texas Median rent near campus: $2,037 Market-rate rent: $1,653 Percent above market: 23% 14/ 15. (TIE) Ohio State University Wikimedia Commons Metro area: Columbus, Ohio Median rent near campus: $1,635 Market-rate rent: $1,321 Percent above market: 24% 15/ 15. (TIE) Florida Atlantic University Discover the Palm Beaches Florida/Facebook Metro area: Palm Beach, Florida Median rent near campus: $2,477 Market-rate rent: $2,000 Percent above market: 24% 16/ 15. (TIE) Cornell University Cornell University/Facebook Metro area: Ithaca, New York Median rent near campus: $2,082 Market-rate rent: $1,675 Percent above market: 24% 17/ 14. University of Massachusetts Center at Springfield Downtown Springfield Massachusetts/Facebook Metro area: Springfield, Massachusetts Median rent near campus: $2,013 Market-rate rent: $1,596 Percent above market: 26% 18/ 13. Santa Fe College Visit Gainesville, FL/Facebook Metro area: Gainesville, Florida Median rent near campus: $1,510 Market-rate rent: $1,173 Percent above market: 29% 19/ 12. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Shutterstock Metro area: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Median rent near campus: $1,739 Market-rate rent: $1 buchholz-net ,329 Percent above market: 31% 20/ 10. (TIE) New York University dibrova/Shutterstock Metro area: New York, New York Median rent near campus: $2,881 Market-rate rent: $2,139 Percent above market: 34% 21/ 10. (TIE) Portland State University Facebook/Travel Portland Metro area: Portland, Oregon Median rent near campus: $2,327 Market-rate rent: $1,724 Percent above market: 34% 22/ 9. Michigan State University Michigan State University/Facebook Metro area: Lansing, Michigan Median rent near campus: $1,282 Market-rate rent: $948 Percent above market: 35% 23/ 8. University of Washington Visit Seattle/Facebook Metro area: Seattle, Washington Median rent near campus: $2,786 Market-rate rent: $2,044 Percent above market: 36% 24/ 7. University of Texas at Dallas kan_khampanya/Shutterstock Metro area: Dallas buchholz-net , Texas Median rent near campus: $2,058 Market-rate rent: $1,476 Percent above market: 39% 25/ 6. University of Utah Dave Gates via Flickr Metro area: Salt Lake City, Utah Median rent near campus: $2,043 Market-rate rent: $1,443 Percent above market: 41% 26/ 3. (TIE) University of California at Berkeley UC Berkeley/Facebook Metro area: Oakland, California Median rent near campus: $4,070 Market-rate rent: $2,822 Percent above market: 44% 27/ 3. (TIE) Harvard University Jeff Gunn/flickr Metro area: Boston, Massachusetts Median rent near campus: $3,287 Market-rate rent: $2,276 Percent above market: 44% 28/ 3. (TIE) University of Miami Ines Hegedus-Garcia/Flickr Metro area: Miami, Florida Median rent near campus: $2,818 Market-rate rent: $1,916 Percent above market: 44% 29/ 2. Stanford University Justin Sullivan/Getty Metro area: San Jose, California Median rent near campus: $5,705 Market-rate rent: $3,499 Percent above market: 63% 30/ 1. University of California at Los Angeles View Apart/Shutterstock Metro area: Los Angeles, California Median rent near campus: $4,343 Market-rate rent: $2,409 Percent above market: 80% Previous 1/ Next SEE ALSO: The 30 best college towns in America DON'T MISS: The 50 best law schools in America canada goose parka