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Off-Campus Housing Near Rhodes College
$599+/unit
Fees may applyBrynn Apartments
$600/unit
Fees may applyMonarch on Highland
$600/unit
Fees may applyThe Annex of Memphis
$599/unit
Fees may applyThe Nine at Memphis
$600+/unit
Fees may applyUniversity Crossing Apartments
About Off-Campus Housing Near Rhodes College
Rhodes College sets about 1,875 students on a Gothic stone campus in the heart of Midtown Memphis, directly across from Overton Park and the Memphis Zoo. Midtown is the city's most walkable, artsy stretch: century-old bungalows, tree-lined streets, and a deep arts scene. Right at the campus edge, Overton Park spreads out with trails through the Old Forest, a dog park, and the Overton Park Shell, an open-air amphitheater with free live music. Students bike the Vollintine-Evergreen Greenline and drift south to Cooper-Young and the Overton Square entertainment district for shows and nightlife. Memphis brings the Grizzlies, barbecue, and music history you can hear on the street. Campus is compact and walkable, though most students keep a car for the wider city.
Rhodes College Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
Rhodes runs a three-year residency requirement, so unmarried, full-time undergraduates live on campus and stay on a meal plan for six consecutive fall and spring semesters, which covers your first, second, and third years. Most students do not move off campus until senior year. Even then, roughly three-quarters choose to stay on.
Off-Campus Eligibility
Exemptions exist for married students and certain age or hardship cases, handled through Residence Life. When you do go off campus, the Midtown rental process is straightforward big-city stuff, so you will apply through property managers or individual landlords, expect a credit and income check or a co-signer, and put down a deposit. Confirm whether the historic houses in the area include parking, since street parking varies block to block.
Lease Timing
Many Midtown apartments run a standard twelve months that will not line up neatly with the academic calendar, so watch the lease term. Read the utility split carefully on older buildings. The twelve-month leases on most units create a regular stream of openings and sublets year-round.