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What will this lease really cost?

Every payment

West Campus median per person, 2027–28 leases

Trash, pest control or a tech package, if your quote lists them

Electricity for one bedroom, our estimate

If you’ll rent a space

Once

Typical: $50 application, $150 admin

Shown on its own line, never added to the total

How this is calculatedThe math

Rent, fees, utilities and parking are added together and multiplied by the number of payments. One-time fees are added once.

A deposit you get back is shown on its own line and isn’t in the total.

Where the starting numbers come from2 sources

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