2024 Best Real Estate Development Master's Degree Schools in New York

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in real estate development, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #206 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Real Estate Development Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 master's degrees in real estate development during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to real estate development students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other real estate development students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for real estate development to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized real estate development related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for real estate development students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Real Estate Development Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Real Estate Development Master's Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Real Estate Development in New York

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for real estate development students seeking a a master's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Real Estate Dev

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

10 Annual Graduates

$80,322 Median Starting Salary

Columbia University in the City of New York is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in real estate development. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the real estate dev program make about $80,322 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in real estate development from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

16 Annual Graduates

University at Buffalo is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in real estate development. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo.More information about a master’s in real estate development from University at Buffalo

Best Real Estate Development Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Real Estate Development Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	7

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Real Estate Development Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, Real Estate Development has other similar majors worth exploring.

Real Estate Dev Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Real Estate Development	30

Majors Similar to Real Estate Dev

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	423
Urban & Regional Planning	208
Landscape Architecture	41
General Architecture	16
Architectural History	7
Architecture (Other)	6

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York. More about our data sources and methodologies.