The cheapest standard self-catered room Loughborough University publishes costs £126 a week, up to £237 for the dearest (2026/27). The maximum maintenance loan outside London is £10,830 a year — £208 a week across a full year.
| Cheapest self-catered room | £126/week |
| Dearest standard room | £237/week |
| Typical contract | 41 weeks |
| Cheapest room, whole contract | £5,151 |
| Dearest room, whole contract | £9,708 |
| Max maintenance loan (outside London, 2026/27) | £10,830/year |
| Cheapest hall as share of max loan | 48% |
Standard undergraduate contract is 41 weeks; postgraduate halls run 50. Studios reach £242.44 and catered halls are priced separately, both excluded.
Take the maximum loan, pay for the cheapest hall, and £5,679 remains for the year — £109 a week across 52 weeks for food, transport, books and everything else. Most students don't get the maximum loan: entitlement tapers with household income, so the real gap is usually wider and made up by part-time work or family.
The 11 universities nearest Loughborough University on cheapest published room, plus the cheapest and dearest of all 37. The full table has every one.
| University | From | To | % of max loan |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southampton | £118 | £236 | 45% |
| University of Manchester | £122 | £246 | 46% |
| University of Sussex | £123 | £236 | 44% |
| University of Exeter | £125 | £261 | — |
| University of Leeds | £125 | £225 | 48% |
| Loughborough University | £126 | £237 | 48% |
| University of Essex | £128 | £238 | 46% |
| University of Kent | £128 | £263 | 45% |
| University of Warwick | £128 | £255 | 47% |
| Keele University | £128 | £232 | 45% |
| University of Glasgow | £130 | £225 | 47% |
| University of Bath | £98 | £295 | 34% |
| London School of Economics (LSE) | £226 | £391 | 79% |
University-published self-catered rooms run £126–£237 a week for 2026/27, on contracts of about 41 weeks.
The maximum loan (outside London) covers the cheapest hall with £5,679 a year to spare — but only at the maximum, which most students don't get.
No — these are the university's own halls, from its own price list. Private halls and shared houses vary more in both directions; the university figures are the ones that are actually published and comparable.
Rents read 18 August 2026 from lboro.ac.uk; loan maxima from GOV.UK. Loan entitlement depends on household income and where the student lives, not where the university is.
Rents checked 19 August 2026 from each university's own pricing pages; loans from GOV.UK. This is information, not financial advice.