In my college town, I lived in a 2 bedroom with 4 people and we paid under $300 a month each for rent. My friends just a block away spent something like $1000 each (2 people) for a 2 bedroom apartment. It was much nicer than ours but we chose frugal and they didn’t. Different strokes and all that.
I’d tell people to completely ignore what the college says about off campus. Many times (though not always) it comes down to people’s choices and not actually the state of the market around campus.
I disagree completely. Google is your friend. I live two towns out of Ann Arbor and couldn’t tell you anything about the rental market there.