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Off-Campus Housing Near Rice
$1,847+/unit
Fees may applyAllure Hermann Park at Med Center
$603+/unit
Fees may applyCambridge Oaks
$1,460/unit
Fees may applyCentre at Columbia Court
$820+/unit
Fees may applyGateway on Cullen
$1,155+/unit
Fees may applyGlobal Houston
$1,275+/unit
Fees may applyHermann Park Lofts
$1,229+/unit
Fees may applyLife Tower
$859+/unit
Fees may applyMAC 4460
$2,025+/unit
Fees may applySouth Main Building
$1,249+/unit
Fees may applyThe Circle at Hermann Park
$1,330+/unit
Fees may applyThe Nest on Sunset Apartments
$709+/unit
Fees may applyTower 5040
$800/unit
Fees may applyUH Studios LLC
$1,035+/unit
Fees may applyUniversity Housing Phase Two
$1,254+/unit
Fees may applyVillage at West University
$1,260/unit
Fees may apply1969 Dryden Rd
$5,040/unit
Fees may apply2419 Shakespeare St
$1,250/unit
Fees may apply906 Oakley St
$649+/unit
Fees may applyAltitude
$849+/unit
Fees may applyHaven at Elgin
$1,050+/unit
Fees may applyUNITI Montrose
About Off-Campus Housing Near Rice University
Rice University packs about 7,600 undergraduates onto a tree-lined, 300-acre campus inside Houston's loop, ringed by live oaks and a three-mile jogging trail locals love. Life revolves around the residential college system: you're sorted into one of eleven colleges your first year, and it becomes your dining hall, intramural team, and social base for four years. Off campus you're in one of Houston's best pockets. Rice Village is a walkable shopping and dining district next door, and the Museum District sits a short bike ride east, near major museums and Hermann Park. The Texas Medical Center, the world's largest, borders campus too. Most students bike or walk on campus, but a car helps once you explore the city's sprawl.
Rice University Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
Rice University guarantees housing for all incoming students and does not formally require anyone to live on campus, but the residential college system is the heart of student life, so the vast majority of underclassmen stay on campus by choice. About two-thirds of undergraduates live in the colleges. You are sorted into one of eleven colleges your first year, and it becomes your social base.
Off-Campus Eligibility
On-campus housing is not guaranteed past the first year, and each college runs its own room draw for sophomores, juniors, and seniors based on a priority system, so some upperclassmen get drawn off and move into the surrounding neighborhoods. When you do go off campus, the Houston rental process is standard: an application, an application fee, proof of income or a co-signer, and a security deposit.
Lease Timing
Leases typically run 12 months, though some units near campus offer six-month or furnished options. Read the lease for what utilities are bundled, parking terms, and flood history. Parts of Houston sit in flood-prone zones, and storm season is a real factor.