The undergraduate and graduate housing
in Germany is very different. Actually, there is no difference for Bachelor's and Master's students, but PhD students are not allowed to live in the students' apartments. The apartments are subsidized, so
I'd estimate that one room costs between 200-400 US$ per month. I
heard that this is a bit different in the US (about 1000 US$ at the
Georgia Tech and approximately the same amount for a room in Santa
Barbara when you've got one flatmate).
Path between the buildings of the students' housing.
The provided items are very similar,
but in the US seems common that the rooms are furnished and that a
small living room is included in the flats. In Germany you can choose
between flats for a single person, places in a living community with
up to twelve people. Nearly all facilities are available with or
without furniture. You can be sure that you get your own room at any way - I heard that there are up to three or more people in one room in undergraduate apartments in the US.
The time during which you are allowed to live in the subsidized apartments is limited to four years in Göttingen. Now I've live there for three years and I only can recommend that you make an "Antrag auf Wiederaufnahme" (application for re-admission). With this application I get a new single apartment in October 2016 :-) (without any annoying apartment-hunting!)
