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SMU Off-Campus Housing (2026)

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SMU's two-year Residential Commons requirement keeps freshmen and sophomores on campus — juniors and seniors rent off campus.

Where students live

Mockingbird Station/East Dallas and The Village are the signature areas; everything is per-unit luxury product, so plan on roommate math rather than by-the-bed leases.

No purpose-built student cluster here — these are conventional unfurnished Dallas rentals at the highest per-unit prices of any campus we cover.

Apartments & rentals students actually use

CommunityDistanceUnits & sizesFurnished?RentLinks
The Village Dallas (18 communities)
The Village / Lower Greenville
~2–3 mi1–3BR + townhomesUnfurnishedFrom $1,239–$2,091/unitwebsite · floor plans
5 Mockingbird
Mockingbird Ln, East Dallas
~3-min driveStudio 492 · 1BR 707–883 · 2x2 983–1,176 · 3BR 1,562 sq ftUnfurnished1BR $1,460+ · 2BR $1,848+ · 3BR $2,511+website · floor plans
Lofts at Mockingbird Station
Mockingbird Station (DART)
~1 miStudios 612–830 · 1BR 825–1,102 · 2BR 1,173–1,713 sq ftUnfurnishedCall for pricingwebsite
Eastline Residences
N Central Expy at Mockingbird
~1 miStudio 565–629 · 1BR 654–901 · 2x2 1,223–1,343 · 3BR 1,600–1,668 sq ftUnfurnishedStudio $2,383+ · 1BR $2,740+ · 2BR $4,865+website · floor plans

Rates, sizes, and floor-plan links from official property sites, August 2026. Several are promotional starting rates and change often — verify with the property.

What you'll need

Rentals here are unfurnished — budget for the big anchors (mattress, bed frame, sofa, table) and split per-unit rent with roommates.

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Staying in the dorms instead? Head back to the SMU dorm dimensions and dorm packing list.

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