Best Strategies to Afford Miami

Hello, I am an incoming grad student moving to Miami and I’m just curious on how people afford rent and other expenses, I’m seeing some 1bed units at about 2k and that seems to be the cheapest I can get but I’m a bit worried the location isn’t going to be safe. I’m not sure what to expect lol.

Anyways I just was wondering how people survive here lol with rent being so much.

EDIT: since ppl asked my stipend is only like 43k 😭😭 IK that’s bad