Senshu University's Ikuta Campus is closest to Ikuta Station. Here are the 15 cheapest stations within roughly 30 minutes* of it, sorted by studio rent. Balancing rent and commute time is the key to a comfortable first apartment in Tokyo — start your search from this list.
Senshu University's faculties of Economics, Business Administration, Letters, Human Sciences, and Network and Information cover the Ikuta campus for all four years. The university's official transit guide points to a bus from Mukogaoka-Yuen Station, but in practice, Ikuta Station — served only by local trains — is just as much a real favorite, and rent there tends to run lower than Mukogaoka-Yuen since express trains skip it. Noborito Station is another option.
The ranking below centers on stations further out along the Odakyu Tama Line toward Sagamihara, and neither Ikuta nor Mukogaoka-Yuen — the real core stations — appears on it (Noborito shows up, but near the bottom). Since the cheapest stations on the data sit well beyond the campus, it's best to start with the rent levels around Ikuta and Mukogaoka-Yuen as your baseline.
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*Travel times are estimates based on local trains (plus ~6 min per transfer). Express services are often faster.
*Rents are market estimates based on SUUMO listings and vary by season and property. Station data: ©ekidata.jp