Rent vs. the dorms
See what a year at The Elements costs next to a dorm room and meal plan. Pick a building and unit, then adjust the estimates to match your own numbers.
Monthly rent
$1,450
Compared with the dorms
A dorm quotes a room and a required meal plan. This unit quotes rent by the month: one bedroom for the year, with groceries in place of the meal plan.
At these numbers, this unit costs
$2,950more per year,
than a dorm room and meal plan
Plus, benefits you don't get in the dorms:
- Resident perks through Extra Credit
- Direct communication
- Quick maintenance
Staying here at Houghton For Rent$20,550The estimates
$1,450/mo · 12-month lease
The breakdown
Staying here
The Elements - E1
12-month lease
- Rent, per bedroom
- $17,400
- Estimated groceries
- $3,150
- Estimated total
- $20,550
Staying there
On-campus room and meal plan
School year
- Estimated room
- $11,500
- Estimated meal plan
- $6,100
- Estimated total
- $17,600
Rent is this unit's listed monthly rate, per bedroom, times the lease length. Groceries are your estimate across the nine-month school year. The meal plan starts from the current 19-meal on-campus plan for a school year, fall and spring together, and can be moved to another plan. The dorm room starts from a tested figure and can be moved to match a quote. This is an estimate.
