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$479+/unit
Fees may applyUniversity Village Temple
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the sixth-largest city in the country and one of its great college towns, home to the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Drexel, and dozens of other schools that put students in nearly every neighborhood. University City in West Philadelphia anchors Penn and Drexel, while Temple's main campus shapes North Philadelphia around the Cecil B. Moore corridor and Templetown. Between them sits a dense, historic, walkable city built on a famous grid, from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell to the museum-lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art's iconic steps. Students get world-class culture for little: the rivers, Fairmount Park, public markets, and a pro sports scene that unites the city.
The hub for Penn and Drexel in West Philadelphia, walkable and packed with campus life, study spots, and quick transit.
Around Temple, the Cecil B. Moore corridor and Templetown put undergrads steps from the main campus.
Near the art museum and parkway, it offers leafy rowhouse streets and a calmer feel close to Center City.
Here's what you need to know about getting around Philadelphia.
SEPTA runs the network: the Market-Frankford Line cuts east-west through University City and Center City, the Broad Street Line runs north-south right past Temple's main campus, and trolleys, buses, and Regional Rail tie the neighborhoods and suburbs together. Students get steep discounts through programs like the university UPass and the SEPTA semester pass. Getting between campuses is easy, with University City to Temple a straightforward Regional Rail or subway trip.
The famous grid makes it one of the most walkable cities in America, and tons of students live car-free. Daily errands in the campus neighborhoods happen easily on foot. Biking is popular too, with the Schuylkill River Trail and bike-share docks across the core.
Owning a car is mostly unnecessary given how thoroughly SEPTA and walking cover the city. Parking in the dense core is tight and costly. Reserve a vehicle for trips the transit network doesn't reach well.
Common questions from students searching for housing.
It varies widely by neighborhood, but off-campus student rentals commonly run from about $500 per month for a room in a shared house up to $2,100+ for a full apartment. University City and Center City sit at the higher end, while parts of North Philly near Temple tend to run lower. Sharing a rowhouse is the classic way to cut your share.
Philadelphia is home to 10 universities, each with its own student housing market.
Holy Family University is a small Catholic school of about 3,087 students tucked into the Torresdale neighborhood of Far Northeast Philadelphia, a wooded pocket along the Delaware River. It's a heavily commuter campus, so the rhythm is calmer than a big-city college: leafy streets, single homes, and parks rather than…
View housing near Holy Family UniversityTemple University packs about 37,000 Owls into a Main Campus that sits right in North Philadelphia along North Broad Street, with no walls or gates separating it from the city. That's the whole vibe: you're not in a college bubble, you're in Philly. The Broad Street Line subway stops at campus, so the entire city is a…
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