Real Estate is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #155 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 95 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for real estate students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,547 degrees in real estate during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of real estate school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Real Estate School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of real estate degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student pursuing a degree in real estate needs to look into University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 82 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the real estate program at University of Pennsylvania make $58,815 more than the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 215 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the real estate degree program at University of Wisconsin - Madison earn $9,162 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Georgetown University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were about 169 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the real estate major at Georgetown University earn $42,453 more than the standard graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in real estate needs to check out New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 351 real estate students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year. Those real estate students who get their degree from New York University earn $20,878 more than the average real estate student.
USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 40 real estate students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the real estate program at University of Southern California make $15,097 above the average graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent data year. Real Estate degree recipients from Villanova University get an earnings boost of approximately $10,214 above the average earnings of real estate majors.
Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 57 real estate students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the real estate program earn around $59,869 in their early career salary.
USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Diego. This university ranks 29th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 91 real estate students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year. After graduation, real estate degree recipients typically earn about $58,970 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 131 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the real estate program state that they receive average early career wages of $52,848.
Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 112 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 39 real estate students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available. Real Estate degree recipients from Southern Methodist University get an earnings boost of approximately $29,608 above the typical income of real estate graduates.
GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 real estate students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were about 33 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the real estate program state that they receive average early career income of $55,093.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Real Estate Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of real estate school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Real Estate School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
