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Off-Campus Housing Near University of Memphis
$599+/unit
Fees may applyBrynn Apartments
$979/unit
Fees may applyGeorgian Woods
$1,419+/unit
Fees may applyKiwi & Goji Apartments
$600+/unit
Fees may applyMonarch on Highland
$1,389+/unit
Fees may applyParcels at Concourse
$825+/unit
Fees may applyStudio Rasa
$600+/unit
Fees may applyThe Annex of Memphis
$895/unit
Fees may applyThe Den Apartments
$767+/unit
Fees may applyThe Junction
$599+/unit
Fees may applyThe Nine at Memphis
$1,135+/unit
Fees may applyThe Tower at Kent
$600+/unit
Fees may applyUniversity Crossing Apartments
$659+/unit
Fees may applyUniversity Gardens Manor
$695/unit
Fees may applyStudent Lofts at Brister
$795/unit
Fees may applyTiger Estates
About Off-Campus Housing Near University of Memphis
The University of Memphis brings about 22,205 Tigers to a city that basically invented its own soundtrack. Campus sits in the leafy University District, a short hop from Midtown, where most of the action lives. On football Saturdays, Tiger Lane fills with smoke and tailgates before kickoff at the Liberty Bowl. Midtown neighborhoods like Cooper-Young and Overton Square stack walkable blocks of music, murals, and porches, while Overton Park gives you trails, an old-growth forest, and free concerts at the Shell. Downtown rides a bluff over the Mississippi River, and the redone Tom Lee Park stretches along the water for sunset runs. You get around on foot, by bike, or a quick drive.
University of Memphis Housing Requirements
Freshman Live-On Requirement
The University of Memphis does not lock freshmen into a strict live-on mandate the way some state schools do, but it does guarantee on-campus housing to incoming students, and plenty of first-years choose the dorms to ease the transition. To live on campus you need to be enrolled full-time.
Off-Campus Eligibility
Because there is no mandate, students can move off campus whenever they choose, usually after year one. Eligibility is open from the first year, so the timing is up to you and your roommate group.
Lease Timing
Once students move off, the rental process is standard: apply with a complex or landlord, pass a background and income check, and put down a deposit, often with a guarantor if you do not have credit yet. Houses in Normal Station and Evergreen lease by the whole unit and cost less per person for a group, while newer by-the-bed complexes bundle furniture and utilities at a higher rate. Confirm window-unit air conditioning and street-only parking in older homes before signing.