Texas State University·San Marcos, TX·Updated Monthly
By the FMP Data Team · Reviewed July 1, 2026
The Social SMTX leads our July 2026 ranking of the 7 Best Overall student apartments near Texas State with a 5.0/5 FMP Score, followed by College Town San Marcos and The Timbers. 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 Texas State University for every option.
Sorted by FMP Score from verified Texas State reviews, high to low. Scores reflect current Texas State reviews only.
why it ranked: The top overall pick near Texas State, at 5.0/5 from verified reviews. Never had a bad experience with anyone here. Juaquin is super approachable as a manager and Adam and Elias are just the best.
| 1 | The Social SMTX | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | – |
| 2 | College Town San Marcos | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $799/mo |
| 3 | The Timbers | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $789/mo |
| 4 | The Village on Telluride | 4.2/5 | 5 | – | $789/mo |
| 5 | The Thompson | 4.0/5 | 5 | – | $619/mo |
| 6 | Pointe San Marcos | 3.4/5 | 5 | – | $849/mo |
| 7 | The Outpost San Marcos | 1.0/5 | 5 | – | $595/mo |
Walk times are door-to-door to Texas State 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 Texas State 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 Texas State-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 Texas State overall reviews, refreshed monthly. Percentages show the share of reviews that mention each theme; most reviews mention more than one. See our complete Texas State review data →
each fmp ranking re-ranks the same properties by a different lens (management and quality among them) and keeps its own list, refreshed monthly.
The most active social scenes: shared spaces, resident events, and roommate matching, scored from verified reviews.
see the ranking →The most responsive, reliable landlords: maintenance turnaround, lease transparency, and deposit fairness.
see the ranking →The best unit and building quality: condition, upkeep, and amenities, scored from verified reviews.
see the ranking →The Social SMTX leads our July 2026 ranking of the 7 Best Overall student apartments near Texas State with a 5.0/5 FMP Score, followed by College Town San Marcos and The Timbers.
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.
It's fully independent. There's no pay-to-rank. Position is set by verified reviews alone. Property managers can't buy placement, remove reviews, or influence the score.
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student apartments near Texas State
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near Texas State, 5.0/5 from verified reviews. It was a beautiful experience I loved raddison as my tour guide
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near Texas State, 5.0/5 from verified reviews. Both apartments and townhomes are nice options, great tour from Lily.
why it ranked: Holds a 4.2/5 overall score from verified Texas State reviews. great maintenance
why it ranked: Holds a 4.0/5 overall score from verified Texas State reviews. I love the thompson!! I’ve been here over the last 4 years and I’ve had no problems over the years. The maintenance team is…
why it ranked: Holds a 3.4/5 overall score from verified Texas State reviews. WOW! I regret not renewing my lease. The new management is phenomenal! I’ve lived with a broken sink the entire year, and it…
why it ranked: Holds a 1.0/5 overall score from verified Texas State reviews. The Outpost in San Marcos has been one of the most frustrating housing experiences I’ve seen. Management lacks compassion…
