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Rocky Mountain College of Art + DesignLakewood, COUpdated Monthly
By the FMP Data Team · Reviewed October 1, 2026
Waterfront apartments leads our October 2026 ranking of the 12 Best Overall student apartments near RMCAD with a 5.0/5 FMP Score, followed by Sentral and The Edison at Wheat Ridge. Across the 17 properties reviewed, students keep coming back to amenities & shared spaces and management & maintenance: the overall signals that move a property up this ranking. Browse all off-campus housing near Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design for every option.
Sorted by FMP Score from verified RMCAD reviews, high to low. Scores reflect current RMCAD reviews only.
why it ranked: The top overall pick near RMCAD, at 5.0/5 from verified reviews. I love living at this apartment complex, it's like no other in Colorado. They are quick to answer maintenance request, they have events for the whole family, and offer so many different…
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near RMCAD, 5.0/5 from verified reviews. I’ve been living at Sentral for the past couple of months, and it’s easily been one of the best apartments I’ve been a tenant at. Property management is on top of things and super friendly…
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near RMCAD, 5.0/5 from verified reviews. Been really liking it here. The resident events are a nice bonus they had comedy night. The area’s growing fast, so there are tons of stores and spots less than five minutes away, which…
why it ranked: Holds a 4.8/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. Me and my girlfriend took a tour around with Joanna and it was an amazing experience, showed us the apartment we wanted and…
why it ranked: Holds a 4.8/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. I had the pleasure of speaking with one of your leasing managers regarding the challenges of the transfer process and ways to…
why it ranked: Holds a 4.8/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. I had the pleasure of speaking with one of your leasing managers regarding the challenges of the transfer process and ways to…
why it ranked: Holds a 4.2/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. We’ve had an excellent move-in experience at Westlink. Everything has been smooth and well organized from the beginning. Every…
why it ranked: Holds a 3.8/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. I coulda swore there was no recycling.. omg guess what! There is!!!! This is first apartment complex 1 out of 3 that offers…
why it ranked: Holds a 3.4/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. just wanted to send a note in to tell you have much l appreciate the new windows/sliding glass door that were recently replaced…
why it ranked: Holds a 3.4/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. I've been very pleased with my stay here. Management is pleasant to work with, my maintenance requests are promptly addressed…
why it ranked: Holds a 3.2/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. First time encountering Pullman and staff, dropping off some food. Chris at the front was welcoming, friendly and engaging. He…
why it ranked: Holds a 2.8/5 overall score from verified RMCAD reviews. I moved to Colorado last year and lived here for a year, it was hard to find an apartment at the time; fortunately, we found 1600…
| 1 | Waterfront apartments | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $1268/mo |
| 2 | Sentral | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $1479/mo |
| 3 | The Edison at Wheat Ridge | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $1812/mo |
| 4 | Belmar Villas | 4.8/5 | 5 | – | $1463/mo |
| 5 | CoLab Apartments | 4.8/5 | 5 | – | $2090/mo |
| 6 | Live at Colab | 4.8/5 | 5 | – | $223/mo |
| 7 | Westlink At Oak Station Apartments | 4.2/5 | 5 | – | $1573/mo |
| 8 | Silver Reef Apartment Homes | 3.8/5 | 5 | – | $1380/mo |
| 9 | SoFi Belmar | 3.4/5 | 5 | – | $1550/mo |
| 10 | One Belmar Place | 3.4/5 | 5 | – | $1583/mo |
| 11 | The Pullman Luxury Apartments | 3.2/5 | 5 | – | – |
| 12 | 1600 Hoyt Apartments | 2.8/5 | 5 | – | $1275/mo |
Walk times are door-to-door to RMCAD campus. Rent is per person, per month.
FMP Score, high to low. That’s the whole ranking. It’s our overall measure of a property, combining verified review scores with signals reviews miss, like how current the listing is kept and how responsive management is. Ties go to the property with more verified reviews.
Every property near RMCAD can appear, but it takes a minimum number of verified reviews before we score and rank it. Properties under that bar sit below every ranked property and move up automatically as reviews come in.
The FMP Score blends the social, management, and quality scores from verified reviews with signals that a place is actively and well run, like how up to date its listing is kept and how consistently management responds to residents. It’s built to surface genuinely well-run properties, not just the highest raw review average.
We ran every verified overall review for RMCAD-area apartments through theme analysis. These are the themes students bring up most when a place feels well-rounded, by share of the reviews that mention them.
Based on AI analysis of verified RMCAD overall reviews, refreshed monthly. Percentages show the share of reviews that mention each theme; most reviews mention more than one. See our complete RMCAD review data →
each fmp ranking re-ranks the same properties by a different lens (management and quality among them) and keeps its own list, refreshed monthly.
The most active social scenes: shared spaces, resident events, and roommate matching, scored from verified reviews.
see the ranking →The most responsive, reliable landlords: maintenance turnaround, lease transparency, and deposit fairness.
see the ranking →The best unit and building quality: condition, upkeep, and amenities, scored from verified reviews.
see the ranking →Waterfront apartments leads our October 2026 ranking of the 12 Best Overall student apartments near RMCAD with a 5.0/5 FMP Score, followed by Sentral and The Edison at Wheat Ridge.
This list is ranked by one number: each property's overall score from verified reviews. Students rate a property's overall 1 to 5, and we average those scores, counting recent reviews more heavily than older ones. No self-reported data from landlords.
The best overall apartments score highly across everything students rate (social scene, management, and unit quality), not just one. This ranking uses each property's overall rating from verified reviews.
Monthly. We re-pull verified reviews and re-score every property at the start of each month, so the order reflects the most recent 24 months of student feedback. The “updated” date at the top of the page shows the latest refresh.
There's a minimum number of verified reviews to rank by score, and we don't publish the exact bar so it can't be gamed. Properties under it still appear, below every qualified property and ordered by review count, so a 5.0 from one review never outranks a 4.5 from thirty. Once a property collects enough reviews, it moves into the scored ranking automatically.
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