One Bruin family member spends about $1750 - $2000 less per 10-month school year for rent, utilities, food, and some misc. items (in comparison to that $10,239 off campus room & board estimate, and not including averaging in the deposit, which isn’t much if they stay for multiple years.) They are within walking distance to campus. The surrounding areas have such a wide range of apartments…from disgusting to luxury ones. This particular building is a lower mid-range building and they only have two students per bedroom. If you share a one bedroom apartment, it will be much more expensive than sharing a 2 & 3 bedroom one. Some students spend much more because they don’t cook, and primarily get take-out food. If you are frugal and can cook basic meals, you’ll save money. Also, I don’t know your statistics or if you would be eligible, but UCLA does offer scholarships, but you won’t know if you are eligible unless you apply.