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San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CAUpdated Monthly
By the FMP Data Team · Reviewed October 1, 2026
Astro Vista Apartments leads our October 2026 ranking of the 12 Best Overall student apartments near SDSU with a 3.2/5 FMP Score, followed by Topaz and 6nineteen. Across the 99 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 San Diego State University for every option.
Sorted by FMP Score from verified SDSU reviews, high to low. Scores reflect current SDSU reviews only.
why it ranked: The top overall pick near SDSU, at 3.2/5 from verified reviews. I've had a fantastic experience living here for the past 12 months. I live in a studio apartment at very affordable rates with a very responsive property management team to assist with any…
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near SDSU, 3.0/5 from verified reviews. Love Topaz so much! Super nice housing.
why it ranked: A podium finish for overall near SDSU, 5.0/5 from verified reviews. I was an exchange student living at 6Nineteen in Fall 2025, and I honestly loved it from the second I moved in. The amenities are super new and modern, and every room has its own private…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. My family and I have been living here for over 2 years now the communication between management and tenants is great and…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. Alexis Vazquez was wonderful to work with. She was always quick to respond, very knowledgeable, and incredibly helpful throughout…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. I was honestly stuck between two different places in the area, but after my experience here, the decision became so easy. From…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. I had an issue at the beginning of my stay and initially left a negative review, but the team responded quickly and handled it…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. My boyfriend and I have lived here for over two years now and absolutely love it. The maintenance crew is the best I have ever…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. Living here is a delight..you’ll see how gorgeous everything is and all the staff are friendly and quick to address anything…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. The thing that makes Hillside good is that it's an actual community. Concerns or needs are listened to and addressed. Mrs. Fahey…
why it ranked: Holds a 5.0/5 overall score from verified SDSU reviews. I’ve been living here for over a year, and this is truly the best place I’ve ever lived. The atmosphere is welcoming…
| 1 | Astro Vista Apartments | 3.2/5 | 5 | 5 min | $1550/mo |
| 2 | Topaz | 3.0/5 | 9 | – | $1610/mo |
| 3 | 6nineteen | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $1499/mo |
| 4 | The Fletcher | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | – |
| 5 | Luxury Townhomes on Riley | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | – |
| 6 | Array La Mesa | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $2856/mo |
| 7 | SETA | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $2561/mo |
| 8 | Paseo place | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $1359/mo |
| 9 | Talmadge Canyon Park | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $2550/mo |
| 10 | Atlas Alvarado | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $2624/mo |
| 11 | Hillside Terrace Apartments | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | $2025/mo |
| 12 | 4761 Jessie Avenue, La Mesa, CA, USA | 5.0/5 | 5 | – | – |
Walk times are door-to-door to SDSU 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 SDSU 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 SDSU-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 SDSU overall reviews, refreshed monthly. Percentages show the share of reviews that mention each theme; most reviews mention more than one. See our complete SDSU 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 →Astro Vista Apartments leads our October 2026 ranking of the 12 Best Overall student apartments near SDSU with a 3.2/5 FMP Score, followed by Topaz and 6nineteen.
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.
It's fully independent. There's no pay-to-rank. Position is set by verified reviews alone. Property managers can't buy placement, remove reviews, or influence the score.
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