Introduction
According to the U.S. News and World Report article, "University of Wisconsin La Crosse Student Life", 10,558 students are enrolled at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse; of those students, only 36 percent, or 3,800 students live in college owned, operated, or affiliated housing (U.S. News and World Report). The demand for off campus college rentals is explained by the 6,738 students all seeking a place to live. Students are always looking for certain amenities to be included with the maximum price they are willing to pay for rent. The possible amenities are social atmosphere, utilities included, WIFI, parking, or proximity to campus. Students seek freedom when coming to college; first, from their parents, then the rules
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The results of our survey will prove three sixty’s assumptions and show the trade offs students face when looking for a rental property. The result suggest the best average rental would be a house nine blocks away from campus with parking, laundry, air conditioning and wifi included at a maximum price of $359 a month. Through the responses of our target population, we learned the foremost expectations to a college student when searching for off campus housing. Whether it be the preferred cost of rentals, the location, the desired amenities, or the satisfaction of their realtor, this data provides a better understanding (Brock what do you think, needed a vote to keep or delete) of these trade offs of the college housing market. With our survey responses we conducted test to discover the trade offs for the good, better, best amenity and the importance of the three p’s; parking, proximity and price. Methods
The target population was college students; both off campus renters and those living in the dorms. We surveyed 800 students through email. We utilized Qualtrics to create the survey and distribute it via email on a Sunday night, asking them to complete the survey. We emailed a reminder the following Wednesday to all of the students who had not yet completed the survey. This population lets us achieve our objectives because this population consists of students
The movie “Animal House” released in 1978, exemplifies the typical college housing accommodations. Of course, it is exaggerated for comical purposes. However, the representation is true to life in many aspects. Suffice it to say that it doesn’t represent a luxurious living arrangement for college students. Thankfully, you don’t have to settle for this kind of existence. You can acquire many college student accommodations, such as those listed below, that will help you succeed in your college career:
College is one of the biggest stepping stones of life. For some, the transition can be rough. Many important decisions have to be made, one of those being housing arrangements. The decision to dorm or commute can change one’s perspective at college immensely. They are very different; dorming is not for everybody; commuting is not for everybody. Commuting and dorming differ in independence, money, transportation, and experiences.
Colleges have always encouraged their students to live on campus, especially freshman. This is for the reason that living on campus allows student to encounter new cultures, participate in organizations, and reach academic heights. For example, Tarleton State University states that “Living on campus will enable [the student] to interact with diverse people enriching [their] educational experience and will provide convenient access to professors and academic resources the campus offers. In addition, on-campus students are more likely to become and stay involved in clubs and organizations” (Tarleton State University, 2016). Along with the notion that students residing on campus are likely to reach academic heights, a study conducted at the University of North Dakota during the fall semester of 1966-1967
The number of students attending the University of Alabama has reached a new high of 37,100. That number is a 2.4% increase from 2014 (uanews.ua.edu). As the number of students is predicted only to increase in the years to come, the University must reflect on the housing options for these 37,100 students. Freshman students required to live on campus face a difficult situation--lack of housing. With that being said, the best and most efficient way to cope with the ever growing population is to allow freshmen to live off campus, and build more apartments around campus to allow thousands of more students to have places to live in the future.
Approximately two-thirds of Michigan Tech students live off campus, so around 4,600 students. Students demand rental housing so a large demand is created in Houghton, especially locations closest to Michigan Tech’s campus. Michigan Tech estimated the need for an additional 400 beds mostly in apartment style housing for student use in their 2006 Master Plan. Housing costs at Michigan Tech run $9393 and up (including food) per academic year so rent should be marketed lower to make it a viable option considering commuting expenses and inconveniences to campus. Many houses Tech students live in now are larger low cost homes that are past/ well past their prime. As these houses need to be removed, an emphasis should be placed on apartment style units as well as semi, duplexes and up. Low-rise or garden apartments would make the most sense for the area considering the smaller population. A high-rise apartment should only be
On the UCF’s Housing & Residence Life website under Rates, it provides the agreements of each community, the room type, building location, and finally the pricing. For instances, students wanting to live in a shared bedroom at the Apollo Community, choose amongst several building options, after selecting the Volusia location, students then proceed on paying the requested amount of “$2,470.00”. Keep in mind “Rental rates are listed by semester per person per room type. [as well as] . . . All rates are subject to change.”(“Rates”). Another example, this time choosing a private bedroom at the Towers at Plaza on the Tower III Building, student will be required pay a total of “$4,440.00”. Both examples provided illustrate how the pricing is too high for one person and how it is unsure if the cost will
They always seem to choose to live in the dorms the first year. The main reason for this is to focus on school and be close to their classes for the first year. Typically, college students do not know their costs of living in the area and have no way of estimating it because they have lived with their parents their whole life. So, they just agree to pay the dorms tremendously high living expenses. The university of Kansas State is completely taking advantage of this opportunity of students living in the dorms. The university is taking in over 29 million dollars according to their projected revenue statement for this coming year of 2018 (Housing Budget 2018). With this much coming in just for the dorms and they do not even bother renovating the 1980’s style rooms which are very complex and typically put two people to one room and they share a bathroom with their sweet mates, and yet they continue to pile as many kids in there, to bring in as much money as possible in to the housing department at Kansas State (K-State Housing Website). Students do not even think twice about where else and how much cheaper it would be to live in off campus housing and just agree to pay the over-priced dorms and put their first year of living on their student loans. This causes the students to start out college in twice as much debt, that could be avoided if the university would lower the costs of living on campus.
The Class of 2019 page has over 9,000 members and since it requires a knights mail account it guarantees these participants are students. The Greek life groups also are all students which gave me even more results that I needed. I received 99 responses but 2 responses were from outside my target demographic so I used the tool Survey Monkey offers to delete their responses. I had ten questions that I asked. I asked their age so that I could decide if they were the right demographic for my study. I asked what video streaming websites they belonged to or used. I also asked the hours a day they spend on television and the hours they spend with friends, as well as if they watched television alone or with a friend. I asked if they watched similar television shows to their friends, as well as if they would prefer to go out with a friend or to watch Netflix. Finally I asked what device they use to watch Netflix along with how many episodes in a row they usually watch. I wanted easy quick questions so that I didn’t take up too much of my respondent’s time. I included an “Other” option because some of the questions I knew could have answers I was unaware of. The information I gathered in the survey was to see what college student’s television streaming habits were like so that I could analyze them.
I plan to room in Ben Reiffel, one of the newer dormitories on campus, which costs $2,657.40 per semester. If I were to stay in housing conditions of a similar level of comfort and contemporariness at USD, I would have to stay in Coyote Village, which costs $2,890.65 per semester. There may not appear to be a large difference between Ben Reiffel and Coyote Village, but these expenses can quickly add up for college students. Ben Reiffel offers many amenities for students including kitchens, laundry rooms, and fireplaces on every floor; air-conditioning; and vaulted ceilings. Along with comfortable rooms, SDSU offers many dining selections and I found SDSU’s meal plan options to be much simpler to navigate than USD’s. Some SDSU dining choices that USD lacks include Panda Express, Extreme Pita, Erbert & Gerbert’s, and Starbucks. SDSU Dining emphasizes healthy choices and it offers many resources such as nutritional information for its menu items and wellness education. These amenities are especially useful for students who may find it difficult to make healthy choices amidst both the bustle of college and the temptation of the Dairy Bar’s world famous ice
Providence College is a liberal arts college, which consists of roughly four thousand undergraduate students, located in Providence, Rhode Island. One of the staples of the college has been the ability to live off-campus on Eaton Street starting in a student’s junior year. The attraction stems from most of the party scene on the weekends being at these houses on the streets bordering the campus. However, starting in the Fall of 2017, the school is implicating a new policy that juniors are required to live on campus. While the school is attempting to reduce disturbances in the surrounding community caused by partying college students, this housing restriction is only going to cause further issues for Providence College, its students, and
In order to continue growing and adapting as a university, we recommend that Delta State University removes their freshman residency policy and provide students with adequate knowledge in regard to living expenses. Incoming freshman students, meeting the age and demographic criteria, are required to live in an on campus dormitory and subscribe to a full access meal plan. Delta State University should remove this policy due to the astronomically higher costs, in respect to off campus living possibilities. Without this mandatory policy, students and their parents will then have the opportunity to decide whether or not on campus living is their best option.
Ever since I was a kid, I always wondered where I would go to college. I grew up watching the badgers play football and basketball, and loved the atmosphere. From a young age, I was determined to become a doctor and never strayed from that notion. Neither of my parents attended college as my mother only went to the technical college for culinary school. I never heard all of the great first-hand accounts of college stories and what the experience would be like. As I aged, I started to question people what their college experiences were like, and the topic of UW-Madison was a common occurance. Every story told about Madison encompassed proud memories of the students and their journey from an adolescent to adulthood.
College is a life changing experience for students. College is a new environment for most students and comes with lots of challenges. Things such as the increased difficulty of academic work and not being around the same social groups as a student was before college can make the transition very difficult. One of the best things a student can do to help with this transition is to live in a campus residence hall. Students should live in dorms because of the community that this creates. Students will gain many beneficial social interactions, will be able to better complete academic work, and will ease the adjustment to college life.
Housing cost is an issue that affects ever student. At BYU, because of the policies of the university, single undergraduate student rent is far higher than necessary. With such high rent, renters are obligated to improve the standard of living for BYU students by meeting the minimum specifications outlined in BYU’s housing policy.
As the research that is conducted by Fatemeh Khozaei(2011), the results of which show that students will consider about housing on campus in terms of eight factors, which consists of security, location, convenience and so. The results of which that can encourage the following survey about what specific part of housing life students are satisfied with: