Roommate, Lease and Sublease Agreements Near Major College Campuses

Start with the housing arrangement—not the school name

High-intent college housing guides

Research-backed college-town rental signals

These priority markets use U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for the surrounding city or borough. The renter share shown below is calculated as 100% minus the published owner-occupied housing-unit rate. Mobility is the share of residents who were not living in the same home one year earlier. These are locality-level housing signals—not counts of students seeking housing.

Large-campus expansion backed by official enrollment data

These newer campus guides were added because current university sources show large student populations. Enrollment is used only as a demand proxy for useful roommate, lease and sublease education—it is not treated as a count of off-campus renters.

National state-by-state review

Campus housing rules do not stop at the campus boundary. The landlord lease, subletting terms, state law, local ordinances and building rules can all affect the arrangement.