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Off-Campus Housing Near Kean
$2,488+/unit
Fees may applyCanter Green
$2,195+/unit
Fees may applyMill Run at Union
$1,565/unit
Fees may applySol at Vermella Union
$2,328+/unit
Fees may applySummit Court Apartments
$1,750+/unit
Fees may applyThe Crossings at Union
$1,565/unit
Fees may applyVermella Union
About Off-Campus Housing Near Kean University
Kean University brings about 14,064 students to Union, New Jersey, a leafy township that sits a quick train ride from both Newark and Manhattan. The Cougars cheer at Enlow Field, and campus life centers on the student union, the galleries at Wilkins Theatre, and the recording studios inside Enlow Hall. Liberty Hall Museum, a 50-room mansion with seven generations of history, anchors one edge of campus and opens its gardens to wanderers. Fall means the Homecoming Carnival, and summer brings the Jazz and Roots Music Festival to the lawn. Union itself is suburban and walkable in patches, but most students lean on the Garden State Parkway and NJ Transit out of Union Station. When you want a bigger night, New York City is roughly 30 minutes northeast.
Kean University Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
Kean does not lock first-year students into the dorms, so plenty of freshmen commute from home or move into the surrounding towns right away. Many newcomers still spend year one in one of Kean's residence halls to find their footing.
Off-Campus Eligibility
Students tend to drift off campus as sophomores and juniors once they have found roommates. When you go off campus, you are renting in a regular New Jersey market rather than a student-run system, so leases run through private landlords and management companies.
Lease Timing
Expect to show pay stubs or a guarantor, put down a security deposit (New Jersey caps it at 1.5 months of rent), and read the lease for who covers heat and water. Union and the neighboring towns have rental-unit registration and inspection rules, so ask whether a place is properly registered before you sign.