Cost of Living Comparison
Before you accept a position at the University of Notre Dame, you should know our campus is situated in one of America’s most affordable locations: South Bend, Indiana (and Greater Michiana). In fact, a 2025 report from Niche.com ranked South Bend #4 on its list of cities with the lowest cost of living in America (for cities with a population of 100,000 or more). The interactive dashboard below gives you a sense for how South Bend stacks up against other cities in terms of cost of living. It also gives you a sense for what a stipend/salary in other cities would need to be in order to be truly equivalent to a particular amount in South Bend.
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