Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College·Baton Rouge, LA·Updated Monthly
By the FMP Data Team · Reviewed July 1, 2026
Tradition at 777 leads our July 2026 ranking of the 7 Best Overall student apartments near LSU with a 4.4/5 FMP Score, followed by Arc225 and Summer Grove Townhomes. Across the 7 properties reviewed, students keep coming back to amenities & shared spaces and management & maintenance: the overall signals that move a property up this ranking. Browse all off-campus housing near Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College for every option.
Sorted by FMP Score from verified LSU reviews, high to low. Scores reflect current LSU reviews only.
why it ranked: The top overall pick near LSU, at 4.4/5 from verified reviews. The absolute BEST team ever! Everyone at the front desk was so helpful and inviting! They answered all of my questions. I cannot wait to move in!
| 1 | Tradition at 777 | 4.4/5 | 5 | – | $897/mo |
| 2 | Arc225 | 4.2/5 | 5 | – | $770/mo |
| 3 | Summer Grove Townhomes | 4.2/5 | 5 | – | $1450/mo |
| 4 | The Cove at State Street | 3.8/5 | 5 | – | $905/mo |
| 5 | Arlington Cottages & Townhomes | 2.6/5 | 5 | – | $879/mo |
| 6 | Oakbrook Apartments | 2.4/5 | 5 | – | $1015/mo |
| 7 | Campus Crossings on Brightside | 2.2/5 | 5 | – | $450/mo |
Walk times are door-to-door to LSU campus. Rent is per person, per month.
FMP Score, high to low. That’s the whole ranking. It’s our overall measure of a property, combining verified review scores with signals reviews miss, like how current the listing is kept and how responsive management is. Ties go to the property with more verified reviews.
Every property near LSU can appear, but it takes a minimum number of verified reviews before we score and rank it. Properties under that bar sit below every ranked property and move up automatically as reviews come in.
The FMP Score blends the social, management, and quality scores from verified reviews with signals that a place is actively and well run, like how up to date its listing is kept and how consistently management responds to residents. It’s built to surface genuinely well-run properties, not just the highest raw review average.
We ran every verified overall review for LSU-area apartments through theme analysis. These are the themes students bring up most when a place feels well-rounded, by share of the reviews that mention them.
Based on AI analysis of verified LSU overall reviews, refreshed monthly. Percentages show the share of reviews that mention each theme; most reviews mention more than one. See our complete LSU review data →
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The most active social scenes: shared spaces, resident events, and roommate matching, scored from verified reviews.
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see the ranking →Tradition at 777 leads our July 2026 ranking of the 7 Best Overall student apartments near LSU with a 4.4/5 FMP Score, followed by Arc225 and Summer Grove Townhomes.
This list is ranked by one number: each property's overall score from verified reviews. Students rate a property's overall 1 to 5, and we average those scores, counting recent reviews more heavily than older ones. No self-reported data from landlords.
The best overall apartments score highly across everything students rate (social scene, management, and unit quality), not just one. This ranking uses each property's overall rating from verified reviews.
Monthly. We re-pull verified reviews and re-score every property at the start of each month, so the order reflects the most recent 24 months of student feedback. The “updated” date at the top of the page shows the latest refresh.
There's a minimum number of verified reviews to rank by score, and we don't publish the exact bar so it can't be gamed. Properties under it still appear, below every qualified property and ordered by review count, so a 5.0 from one review never outranks a 4.5 from thirty. Once a property collects enough reviews, it moves into the scored ranking automatically.
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student apartments near LSU
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near LSU, 4.2/5 from verified reviews. Damian Williams came in and got me tooking fast!
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near LSU, 4.2/5 from verified reviews. My fiancé and I have lived here for a year now in a 2 bed 2 bath, and we just moved to a 2 bed and 2.5 bath. Nothing but good things to say about it despite the +5 year old reviews. Both…
why it ranked: Holds a 3.8/5 overall score from verified LSU reviews. I can’t speak much for how it is to live here, but the staff I met were wonderful, in particular Ms. Shauntel is amazing and…
why it ranked: Holds a 2.6/5 overall score from verified LSU reviews. My granddaughter rented an apartment for school. It was a very nice place with great amenities!
why it ranked: Holds a 2.4/5 overall score from verified LSU reviews. Lived here for 3 years and I am so glad I chose Oakbrook! I love my apartment, the complex, the staff and maintenance, and the…
why it ranked: Holds a 2.2/5 overall score from verified LSU reviews. DO NOT MOVE HERE! I have been trying for about 2 months now to get a response from them. My vents were moldy and there was mildew…