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Atlanta, Georgia is the sprawling capital of the South and one of the biggest student cities in the country, with Georgia State University downtown, Georgia Tech in Midtown, and Emory University on the northeast side all pulling students in at once. That spread means student life isn't tied to one campus, it runs across districts like Midtown, Downtown, Old Fourth Ward, Edgewood, Kirkwood, Decatur, and Virginia-Highland. You've got the BeltLine trail stitching neighborhoods together, green space at Piedmont Park, and pro sports from the Hawks to the Falcons to the Braves for game days. As a student renter here, you'll pick your district around your campus and the MARTA line, and the whole city opens up from there.
The walkable, transit-rich hub next to Georgia Tech, packed with high-rises, MARTA access, and Piedmont Park.
Central and close to Georgia State, with the BeltLine nearby for walking and biking between east-side neighborhoods.
The go-to picks for Emory students, leafy and well-linked to that campus.
Here's what you need to know about getting around Atlanta.
MARTA, the region's rail and bus system, is the real out in a city famous for traffic. The train is the backbone: from the right neighborhood you can reach Georgia State in minutes and Georgia Tech in around half an hour. Emory students often pair a MARTA trip with the campus shuttle. Living near a rail station lets you skip car ownership entirely.
Midtown and Downtown are walkable and transit-rich, and the BeltLine trail makes walking and biking between east-side neighborhoods genuinely pleasant. The trail gives cyclists and walkers a real route to move between districts. Within close-in neighborhoods, getting around on foot is easy. For longer crosstown trips, students usually pair walking with MARTA.
Out in the more spread-out areas, traffic is real and a car still helps, so let your campus and nearest station guide where you land. If you live near a rail station you can skip car ownership entirely. Parking in dense districts like Midtown and Downtown is limited and often paid. Students in the outer neighborhoods find parking easier but trade off the transit access.
Common questions from students searching for housing.
Atlanta covers a wide range because it's a big city. In central, transit-rich areas like Midtown and Downtown, a room in a shared unit often runs $900-$1,500 per person per month. Farther out in east-side or outer neighborhoods, shared houses and apartments can land closer to $700-$1,100 per person per month. Splitting with roommates is how most students keep their share manageable.
Atlanta is home to 6 universities, each with its own student housing market.
Clark Atlanta University is a private historically Black university in Atlanta's Vine City neighborhood, west of downtown. Founded in 1988 through the consolidation of Clark College and Atlanta University, CAU sits at the heart of the Atlanta University Center Consortium alongside Morehouse, Spelman, Morris Brown, and…
View housing near Clark Atlanta UniversityEmory University sits in the historic Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta, with about 14,000 students on a leafy campus of quads and red-brick buildings. Druid Hills is gorgeous and green, full of stately old homes and mature trees, and Emory's own Lullwater Preserve gives students miles of trails, a lake, and a forest…
View housing near EmoryThe Georgia Institute of Technology sits right in Midtown Atlanta, which means its 45,000 Yellow Jackets get a real campus and a major city in the same few blocks. Tech Square spills across the highway into a cluster of startups, coffee shops, and the late-night study spots an engineering school runs on. Piedmont Park…
View housing near Georgia TechGeorgia State University doesn't have a campus bubble because its campus is downtown Atlanta itself, with classroom buildings woven straight into the city grid. Hurt Park and Woodruff Park stand in for a quad, and Five Points station puts every MARTA line a few steps from class. The city does the heavy lifting for…
View housing near Georgia StateMorehouse College is a private historically Black liberal arts college for men located at 830 Westview Dr SW in the West End area of Atlanta, Georgia. With an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students, Morehouse is one of the most respected HBCUs in the United States and is a founding member of the Atlanta University…
View housing near Morehouse CollegeSpelman College is a prestigious historically Black liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, Georgia, regarded as one of the leading HBCUs in the country. Founded in 1881, Spelman enrolls about 2,200 undergraduates in rigorous programs spanning the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences within a community…
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