Student.com Housing Scraper

Student.com Housing Scraper

Scrape student housing listings from Student.com by city, room type, price, and amenities, up to a million per run. Every listing returns its full address, monthly rent, room types, facilities, review rating, and cancellation policies. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Searching for student accommodation across multiple cities and filters on Student.com is manual work. This Actor reads the public listing feeds directly, letting you search by city, room type, bathroom setup, price range, and dozens of facilities. It returns a structured dataset of properties so you can compare options or track the market without clicking through pages.

Who uses it	What they scrape Student.com for
Market researchers	Track pricing trends and amenity availability in student housing markets across different cities.
Property investors	Identify high-demand areas and compare property features and pricing at scale.
University administrators	Compile off-campus housing options for students with specific facility and budget requirements.
Relocation services	Build a filtered database of verified student accommodations for clients moving to a new city.

What it does

This Actor collects student housing listings from Student.com by city or direct URL and returns each property as a flat row with its price, room types, amenities, and location details.

• 🏙️ City-based search: Pick from popular student cities like New York, Sydney, or Barcelona and paginate through all listings.
• 🔗 Direct URL input: Paste a specific property or search results URL to scrape exactly that set of listings.
• 🏷️ Room and bathroom filters: Narrow results to private rooms, entire places, or shared rooms, and filter by private or shared bathrooms.
• 💰 Price range control: Set minimum and maximum monthly rent in USD to stay within a specific budget.
• 🏋️ Facility requirements: Filter properties that must have specific amenities like a gym, WiFi, laundry, or 24-hour security.
• ⭐ Review rating filter: Keep only properties rated 4 stars and above, or only those with a perfect 5-star average.
• 🛡️ Cancellation policy filter: Find listings that offer No Visa No Pay or No Place No Pay guarantees.
• 🎓 Student-only toggle: Restrict results to accommodation that is exclusively for students.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Student.com data

📊 Monitor rental markets.

A market researcher runs the Actor weekly on five cities to track how average private-room rents change before the academic year.

🏠 Build a filtered housing list.

A university housing office scrapes all listings in Boston, filtering for student-only, gym, and 4-star ratings to share with incoming students.

💸 Find the best deals.

An investor scrapes entire-place listings in Lisbon with a max price of 1200 USD and special offers enabled to spot undervalued properties.

🔍 Compare amenity coverage.

A relocation consultant scrapes Sydney listings requiring WiFi, laundry, and CCTV to see which neighborhoods have the most suitable options.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
Full property details	Address, property name, and property ID for every listing.
Pricing data	Monthly rent in USD, including any special offers or discounts.
Room configurations	Available room types, bathroom setups, and stay length options.
Amenities and facilities	A structured list of on-site amenities like gym, WiFi, and laundry.
Review and rating data	Average star rating and the total number of reviews.
Cancellation guarantees	Flags for No Visa No Pay and No Place No Pay policies.

How it compares

This Actor offers a broader set of native filters compared to the other Student.com scraper on Apify, including bathroom type, stay length, cancellation policies, and review ratings.

Feature	ParseForge	Student.com Property Scraper - Low-cost
City-based search with pre-filled slugs	Yes, 10 popular cities built in	Not listed
Room type filter (Private, Entire Place, Shared)	Yes	Not listed
Bathroom type filter	Yes	Not listed
Cancellation policy filter	Yes	Not listed
Review rating filter	Yes	Not listed
Facility and amenity filter	Yes, 14 specific amenities	Not listed

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from a city slug or a direct Student.com URL, and filters run as each listing is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "startUrl": "https://www.student.com/us/new-york-city",
  "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
  "startUrl": "https://www.student.com/us/new-york-city",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.0008 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$0.08
1,000 results	$0.80
10,000 results	$8.00

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Student.com Housing Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Student.com through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/student-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Your combination of filters may be too restrictive. Try removing one filter at a time, starting with facilities and cancellation policies. Also check that your price range is realistic for the chosen city.

The Actor returns fewer listings than my max items setting.

This is normal. The Actor stops when it has exhausted all listings matching your filters. If Student.com has fewer matching properties than your max items limit, you will receive all of them.

I pasted a URL but the run failed.

Ensure the URL is a valid Student.com listing or property page. If you provide a start URL, all API-based filters like city and room type must be left empty, as the URL defines the search.

Some listings are missing amenity information.

The Actor returns exactly what Student.com displays. If a property owner has not listed certain amenities on the site, those fields will be empty in your results.

The price in my results does not match what I see on the website.

Student.com may show a price range or a 'from' price. The Actor captures the lowest available monthly rate for the listing. Check the specific room type on the site for exact pricing.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Can I scrape listings from multiple cities in one run?	The Actor processes one city slug or one direct URL per run. To scrape multiple cities, run the Actor once per city, either manually or by scheduling separate runs.
How do I get only listings with a private bathroom?	Set the Bathroom Types filter to 'Private bathroom'. The Actor will then return only rooms and apartments that include a private bathroom.
What happens if I leave all filters empty?	Leaving filters empty returns all available listings for the chosen city or URL, up to the maximum listings you set. No filtering is applied.
Can I scrape a single property page?	Yes. Paste a direct property URL that contains '/p/' into the start URL field. The Actor will fetch and return the details for that one property.
What currency are the prices in?	All prices are returned in US Dollars, as displayed and filtered on Student.com.
Does this Actor handle pagination automatically?	Yes. When you provide a city slug or a search results URL, the Actor paginates through all available pages until it hits your maximum listings limit.
Can I filter by move-in date?	The current input schema does not include a move-in date filter. You can filter by length of stay, room type, price, and amenities.
How do I find listings with a No Visa No Pay policy?	Select 'No Visa, No Pay' in the Cancellation Policies filter. The Actor will only return properties that offer this guarantee.
Is an API key or login required?	No. The Actor reads publicly available listing data from Student.com. You do not need to register an account or provide an API key.
What output formats are supported?	You can export your results to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML directly from the Apify dataset.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Student.com. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.