Good and not-too-expensive hotel near Brandeis?

My spouse was just looking into hotels near Brandeis and saying prices seem high. Can someone please recommend a hotel within 20 minutes of the school that is nice but does not cost as much as $300 a night for two people? Thanks!

By “good” do you mean Comfort Inn or Marriott?

Hampton Inn level is fine. Clean, reliable, in a safe area.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Boston-Waltham and uber’d to campus for Admitted Students’ Day. It was not expensive - definitely a no/low frills hotel, but it was clean and the beds were OK.

Brandeis has some housing on campus - kind of like a hotel. My son stayed there for 3 nights when visiting Brandeis and Bentley. Not fancy but clean cheap and convenient!

For a nice hotel that “does not cost as much as $300 a night for two people,” I recommend the Boston Marriott Newton, a 5 minute drive, only 2.2 miles away. There’s also a decent Marriott Courtyard about 10 minutes and under 5 miles away in Waltham