Why Off Campus Partners?

How we create value

Universities
Receive a comprehensive off-campus housing website, at no cost with revenue to invest back into student programming.

Students
Access to a user-friendly website with integrated tools to find housing, roommates, and educational resources, easing the burden of a stressful process.

Properties
Access to the largest local student audience and receive customized reporting and market insights to help generate maximum exposure and leads.

We offer

innovative services

Our software-as-a-service solution is student-centered, mobile-friendly and easy to use. We have a team dedicated to enhancing the service and prioritizing resources for students. Our innovative approach to service has allowed us to continually improve the user experience and ensure we are meeting the needs of our university partners, students, and area property managers.

Our team provides the

best marketing support

You will have dedicated staff to support the website. Your university will benefit from the same national and local advertising as well as the search engine optimization and marketing that has made Apartments.com the premiere online rental network. Our local marketing support for your university will include digital marketing, event support, social media graphics, displays, brochures, and more.

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We are the off-campus housing

industry leader

We provide the most university-branded off-campus housing websites to colleges and universities across the country. As part of CoStar and the Apartments.com Network, we are backed by the resources and staff of a large company with over 5,400 team members that are here to serve you, your students, and local apartment communities.

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Over 300 sales associates

nationwide university network

Collaborate with a network of 150+ of the nation’s leading institutions and off-campus housing professionals through our online User Community. We are also active members of NASPA, ACUHO-I, ITGA, SACSA, and SEAHO and support these associations throughout the year.

Our mission

Our mission is to simplify the off-campus housing search experience for students, faculty and staff who are looking and living off-campus. We do this by providing a custom-built, university-branded website that serves as a one-stop-shop to search through housing options, connect with potential roommates, and access educational resources available to them.

Our story

Off Campus Partners was started by students, for students and universities. The idea was born in 2000 from one frustrated University of Virginia student's desire for an easier way to find a place to live. After struggling to find his own off-campus housing, he launched offGROUNDS.com to bring students and property managers together. In 2001, offGROUNDS was a finalist in a University Business Concept Competition and became part of the Business Incubator at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. The team won 2nd place in the 2002 Darden Business Plan competition, and Off Campus Partners was formed to take the concept to market by partnering with universities.

Today, we are fortunate to partner with more than 150+ colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. Each year we serve nearly 3.5 million students, parents, faculty and staff through our off-campus housing resource. In 2019, Off Campus Partners joined CoStar Group, the leading global provider of real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. By combining Off Campus Partners’ experience serving universities and students with Apartment.com’s innovative marketplaces technology and reach, we are able to provide our university partners with best-in-class software and service for off-campus students, faculty, and staff.