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Actual Housing Cost

To satisfy AB990 and ED 66014.2 below are the average rental costs for apartments/homes within 5 miles of the CSUB campus. (Estimates as of January 30, 2025)

1 Bedroom Apartment 2 Bedroom Apartment 2 bedrooms - renting room 3 bedrooms - renting room 4 bedrooms - renting room
$1,662 $1,807 $854 $798 $717


Data Sources: For apartment estimates, conducted a survey using advertised rental costs from Realtor.com and direct apartment websites. For private homes renting a room(s) used data from HUD 2025 Small Area Fair Market Rents within a 5-mile radius of CSU campuses.

It is important to understand the above average cost is for rent only and does not include cost of food, utilities, garbage, rental deposit, and other necessary expenses for housing. Most students share an apartment to reduce their housing cost.

All cost estimates reflect estimated costs for a typical student, the actual costs can vary for individual students. 

The university strongly encourages prospective student students and their families to consider how their own costs might differ from those given in the estimates, including by seeking our costs of attendance estimates from other sources and by considering whether they will face other costs that are not listed in the estimate categories or how their veteran status will affect the costs.

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