1, 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom Student Apartments in Tuscaloosa: Which Complexes Offer What (2026)

Most students searching for an apartment near the University of Alabama start with a neighborhood or a price. It is usually more efficient to start with a bedroom count, because that single choice quietly decides three other things: what you pay per person, whether you get a roommate-matching service or have to find your own people, and how many complexes are even open to you.

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Only four purpose-built student complexes near UA advertise studios. Nearly every one advertises a two-bedroom. If you have your heart set on a studio or a five-bedroom, your shortlist is short before you have looked at a single amenity list.

This guide pulls the floor-plan data from every complex review on this site into one place: which Tuscaloosa student apartments offer studios, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom, 4-bedroom and 5-bedroom units, what each one lists for rent, and how far it sits from campus.

Every UA-area complex by bedroom count

Sorted by distance from campus where a verified figure exists. Rent figures are the listed range for the property as a whole, not a per-floor-plan price — see the pricing note below the table, because this trips people up constantly.

Read the pricing column carefully

This is the single most common way students misjudge a Tuscaloosa apartment budget. Some of these properties quote per person, per month, and some quote per unit, and the listing rarely announces which one it is doing.

Of the properties above, only three state a per-person figure outright: State on Campus ($825–$1,349 per person), Lofts at City Center / Tenth and Tusk ($625–$899 per person), and Union on Frank at its $750 low end, which is a shared bed in a two-bedroom. Everything else is published without that qualifier.

Why it matters: a "$1,400 four-bedroom" is either a bargain at $350 a head or a serious stretch at $1,400 a head, and those are the same words on the page. Ask the leasing office to confirm in writing whether the number is per person or per unit before you compare two complexes against each other. For what these numbers add up to across a full year, see our breakdown of the average rent for off-campus apartments near UA.

Studios: only four options near UA

Studios are the scarcest floor plan in the Tuscaloosa student market. Four complexes advertise them:

• Hub on Campus / The Rive — studios from about 316 sq ft, including Murphy-bed layouts, 1.3 miles from campus
• Union on Frank — studios in a range topping out at $1,619, 1.6 miles from campus
• Here Tuscaloosa — studios from 346 sq ft at the bottom of a studio-to-5BR range
• Lark Tuscaloosa — studios listed in a studio-through-4BR lineup, rent from about $699

The trade-off with a studio is rarely the rent. It is that a studio in a by-the-bed building is often priced against a shared bedroom elsewhere, so you pay a premium for privacy rather than a discount for square footage. If you are weighing privacy against cost in the abstract, our guide to studio vs. 1-bedroom vs. shared living on a student budget works through that math; this page is for finding out who actually has one.

1-bedroom apartments: eight complexes

The one-bedroom is the sweet spot for students who want their own space but do not want studio pricing. Available at:

• The Bluff at Waterworks Landing — closest to campus at 0.75 miles
• The Preserve at Tuscaloosa — 1.22 miles, furnished and unfurnished options
• Blue Haus — 700–955 sq ft, with a den option, from about $780
• The Crimson — 1BR at the bottom of a 545–1,520 sq ft range, from $639
• The Mosaic — 1BR from 740 sq ft, from $550
• Beacon Place — 719–910 sq ft, but 5.47 miles out
• City Heights at Skyland — 708–869 sq ft
• Lark Tuscaloosa

Note the spread: the cheapest listed 1-bedroom entry points (The Mosaic at $550, The Crimson at $639) are both two-plus miles from campus, while the closest 1-bedroom option starts around $899. That is the distance-versus-rent trade in its purest form.

2-bedroom apartments: almost everyone

Sixteen of the seventeen complexes covered on this site offer a two-bedroom. It is the default unit in the Tuscaloosa student market, which is good news and bad news: you will never struggle to find one, and you will never get a scarcity discount on one either.

A few worth singling out:

• The Walk lists only 2-bedroom/2-bath layouts (642 sq ft) — if you want two bedrooms and nothing else, it is the most focused option, and it markets itself as the closest complex to campus
• State on Campus offers 2BR/2BA at 819–829 sq ft with explicit per-person pricing, one mile out
• Canterbury Apartment Homes lists a 950 sq ft 2BR/1.5BA at about $1,019 and advertises itself as roughly two blocks from campus
• Lofts at City Center / Tenth and Tusk runs 825–845 sq ft 2BR/2BA on by-the-bed pricing from $625 per person

3-bedroom apartments: seven complexes

Three-bedrooms are the awkward middle of the market — fewer than half the complexes carry them, because operators tend to jump straight from 2BR to 4BR to maximize beds per building. Available at Redpoint Tuscaloosa, The Crimson, The Mosaic, Lofts at City Center / Tenth and Tusk (1,236 sq ft, 3BR/3BA), The Cottages at Lake Tamaha (1,359 sq ft, 3BR/3BA), The Bluff at Waterworks Landing, and Lark Tuscaloosa.

If you are a group of three, it is worth pricing a 4-bedroom with an empty room against a 3-bedroom. In by-the-bed buildings the fourth bed usually gets filled by roommate matching rather than billed to you, which can make the 4BR the cheaper option per person.

4-bedroom apartments: ten complexes, and the cheapest per person

The four-bedroom is where student housing pricing works in your favor. Ten complexes offer one: Redpoint, The Crimson, Hub on Campus (in 4×2, 4×3 and 4×4 layouts), State on Campus (including a 1,438 sq ft townhome), The Mosaic, Union on Frank, Lofts at City Center / Tenth and Tusk (1,382–1,458 sq ft), The Cottages at Lake Tamaha (1,642–1,703 sq ft), The Bluff at Waterworks Landing, and Lark Tuscaloosa.

Several of these lease by the bed with individual leases — The Crimson, State on Campus, Union on Frank and Lofts at City Center all state that they do — which means you are responsible for your own rent, not jointly liable for three other people's. That distinction matters more than most students realize. Our guide on splitting rent and utilities with roommates covers what happens when a joint lease goes wrong.

5-bedroom units: three complexes

Only three properties go to five bedrooms: Hub on Campus / The Rive (in a 5×3 layout, up to 1,309 sq ft), Here Tuscaloosa (up to 1,529 sq ft), and The Cottages at Lake Tamaha (5BR/5BA at 2,166 sq ft, the largest student floor plan documented near UA). If you have a friend group of five that wants to stay together, that is your entire list.

How to choose a bedroom count

1. Decide privacy vs. price first. A private bathroom in a 4×4 costs far less per person than a studio, and it is the single biggest lever on your monthly number.
2. Confirm per-person vs. per-unit. Get it in writing. Two properties are not comparable until you know which basis each is quoting.
3. Check what is bundled. A higher 2-bedroom rent that includes internet and furniture may beat a cheaper unfurnished one. Compare our notes on apartments with utilities included and furnished vs. unfurnished units.
4. Then filter by distance. Bedroom count narrows the list far faster than location does, so apply it first and location second.
5. Sign at the right time. The scarce plans — studios, 3BRs, 5BRs — go first. See the 2026 leasing timeline.

Frequently asked questions

Which Tuscaloosa student apartments have studios?

Four: Hub on Campus (listed as The Rive), Union on Frank, Here Tuscaloosa and Lark Tuscaloosa. No other purpose-built student complex near UA advertises a studio floor plan.

What is the cheapest bedroom count for a UA student?

Per person, four-bedroom units are almost always the cheapest, because the rent is split four ways in buildings that lease by the bed. Per unit, one-bedrooms are the cheapest, with listed entry points as low as $550 at The Mosaic and $639 at The Crimson — both more than two miles from campus.

Are there 5-bedroom student apartments near the University of Alabama?

Yes, at three properties: Hub on Campus / The Rive, Here Tuscaloosa, and The Cottages at Lake Tamaha, whose 5BR/5BA units run 2,166 square feet.

Do these prices include utilities?

Mostly no, and very few properties say either way. State on Campus states that high-speed internet is included in rent, and Here Tuscaloosa states that high-speed Wi-Fi is included. Wi-Fi appearing in an amenity list is not the same as utilities being included in rent — ask directly.

Where these numbers come from

Every floor plan, square footage and rent figure above is taken from the individual complex reviews published on this site, which in turn draw on each property's own published listings. Figures marked "not published" are cases where we could not verify a number from a source we trust, and we would rather say so than guess. Listed rents change constantly — treat them as a starting point for comparison, not a quote, and confirm current pricing with the leasing office.

Full individual reviews are available for The Crimson, Hub on Campus, Blue Haus, State on Campus, The Walk, The Mosaic, Union on Frank, Lofts at City Center and Redpoint Tuscaloosa, with more publishing weekly.

Still narrowing things down? Start with our guide to the best apartments near the University of Alabama, or browse the full Tuscaloosa apartment directory.