You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in real estate development. It is ranked #291 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of real estate development. Combined, these schools handed out 636 degrees in real estate development to qualified students.
Your choice of real estate development school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Real Estate Development 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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Best Schools for Real Estate Development in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of real estate dev degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in real estate development. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 141 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the real estate dev program make an average of $86,492 in the first couple years of working.
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in real estate development. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 289 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year. Real Estate Development degree recipients from Columbia University in the City of New York get an earnings boost of around $8,959 over the typical earnings of real estate development majors.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in real estate development. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were approximately 8 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year. Those real estate development students who get their degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology receive $48,639 more than the average real estate dev graduate.
Every student who is interested in real estate development has to take a look at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 13 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in real estate development needs to take a look at University of Arizona. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 28 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 28 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the real estate development degree program at Auburn University get $4,520 above the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. This university ranks 2nd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 20 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, real estate dev degree recipients generally make around $74,032 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 13 real estate development students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of real estate development school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Real Estate Development School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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