This is how much average rent costs in each of the top 30 university towns
We all know going to university is expensive, and in between dropping £3.50 on drunken cheesy chips and a casual £8k a term on tuition fees, student debt can mount up pretty quickly.
New data from SpareRoom looks at the average monthly rent for a room in the top 30 university towns (according to up to date University League Tables 2019), so you can compare quality of uni, as well as the cost of living.
Here, the top 30 universities ranked in order, and how much the average spare room costs to rent per month in that area:
University of Oxford, Oxford, £566
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, £564
London School of Economics and Political Science, London (WC2), £992
Imperial College London, London (SW7), £1,179
University of St Andrews, Fife (used Kirkcaldy for average rent), £350
Durham University, Durham, £383
Loughborough, Loughborough, £379
Lancaster University, Lancaster, £378
University of Warwick, Coventry, £416
University College London, London (WC1), £923
Bath, Bath, £507
University of Exeter, Exeter, £465
University of Leeds, Leeds, £399
University of East Anglia, Norwich, £420
University of Bristol, Bristol, £506
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, £425
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, £401
University of Manchester, Manchster, £443
Surrey, Guilford, £585
University of Southhampton, Southhampton, £488
University of York, York, £462
Newcastle University, Newcastle, £367
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, £522
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, £436
University of Sussex, Brighton, £563
Essex, Colchester, £468
King’s College London, London (WC2), £992
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, £544
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, £387
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, £377
Unsurprisingly, the London universities such as Imperial, King's and LSE have the most expensive average rent for their post codes, while other universities such as Durham, Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham are seemingly more affordable.
If you're in the process of booking university open days or thinking about where you should apply, taking the average monthly rent for a room might be something you take into consideration.
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