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Thomas More University sits on a wooded campus in Crestview Hills, a quiet Northern Kentucky suburb about 10 minutes south of downtown Cincinnati, with roughly 2,000 students. It's a small Catholic university, and the scale shows: tight-knit classes, a friendly campus, and a calm suburban feel over college-town buzz. The Saints anchor campus energy across a wide slate of varsity sports, with Tommy Mo working the crowds, and clubs and ministry fill out the rest. A lot of life happens over the river, where Cincinnati brings museums, a riverfront, and pro baseball and football, while the Northern Kentucky river towns and parks add character close to home. TANK buses link the suburbs and the city, and the bridges over the Ohio put a big downtown within reach.
Thomas More requires students to live on campus if they are under 21, have earned fewer than 60 credit hours, and do not live with a parent or guardian in one of the approved Northern Kentucky or Southwest Ohio counties. Most freshmen and sophomores live in the halls unless they commute from an approved-county home address. First-years land in halls like Howard and Marian, the four-person suites in Murphy, or the newer Sister Margaret Stallmeyer Hall.
To commute, you submit a housing exemption request to Student Affairs, and it can be denied, so apply early and keep your documentation ready. Once students clear the credit and age thresholds, they move off into Crestview Hills and the surrounding Kenton County suburbs. The pool there is apartment complexes and houses, not student-specific buildings.
Leases commonly begin in summer ahead of the fall term, so target a summer move-in. Read leases for parking, occupancy limits, and who covers utilities. Check city occupancy caps before packing a house with roommates.
Housing policies change frequently. Always verify current requirements directly with Thomas More University before signing a lease.
Crestview Hills runs a steady suburban rental calendar, and because Thomas More is heavily a commuter school, there is no single frantic student rush. Even so, start looking in late winter or early spring, around February or March, for a summer move-in. The closer apartment complexes and well-kept houses fill ahead of the fall. Pin down roommates before you tour, since shared houses tend to lease as whole units.
Classes start in late August, so signing in spring leaves time to settle. Demand for the closest complexes and houses in Crestview Hills builds through spring into summer. Shared houses go faster than single rooms during this window. Decide early whether you would rather be near campus or closer to Cincinnati, since that shapes where you compete.
The Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky market is large, so late searchers can usually find summer openings, sublets, and complexes that lease year-round, including across the river closer to the city. A smaller wave opens around December and January as midyear leases turn over. Having roommates lined up helps you grab whole-unit houses quickly. Widen toward the river towns if the Crestview Hills supply runs thin.
Around campus, Crestview Hills is a quiet, residential Kenton County suburb with apartment complexes and houses. Neighboring Edgewood and Fort Mitchell are similar leafy suburbs a few minutes out with more rental options and TANK access.
Along the Ohio River toward Cincinnati, Covington is livelier and historic, with riverfront districts and an easy bridge into the city, and it tends to run higher. Newport, east on the river, adds nightlife and the public aquarium nearby.
Just south, these are workaday suburbs with houses and steady supply. They offer dependable options a short drive from campus.
Common questions from students searching for housing.
A per-person room in a shared apartment or house around Crestview Hills and the nearby Northern Kentucky suburbs usually runs about $550-$900/month, with newer complexes toward the top and older shared houses lower. A whole one-bedroom in the suburb tends to land around $800-$1,300/month, and riverfront Covington runs higher. Plan on roughly $60-$140/month for utilities depending on what's bundled into the lease.