HARRISBURG (TNS) — As college starts up again, many a student is undoubtedly looking to live off campus this year.

Some states, however, are far more expensive for student renters than others, Pennsylvania being one of them.

Porch is a moving service that’s dedicated to making “moving, insurance, and improving your home simple.” In looking at the college student demographic specifically, the brand was curious as to which cities were the most and least affordable for undergrad renters in the nation.

To figure this out, Porch researchers first took a look at information from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Regional Price Parties.

The weighted average cost of off-campus room and board (not including students living with their families) for the 2021-21 academic year was then calculated for metro areas with at least 100,000 residents. The researchers, for good measure, left out universities that mostly conduct remote learning.

The resulting study found that students in Pennsylvania cough up about $12,157 a year for off-campus renters, positioning the Keystone State as the sixth least affordable for them in the nation.

The bottom five states that did worse than Pennsylvania on the study were Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii, New York, and California in dead last.

The top five best states for college renters were, in ascending order, Illinois, South Dakota, Maine, Utah, and Idaho.

On the bright side, though, one Pennsylvanian city came out in the number two spot when looking at just the best metro areas for college renters: Gettysburg.