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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate Development

11 Ranked Colleges
312 Degrees Awarded
$40,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Real Estate Development is the 280th most popular major in the country with 470 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, real estate development graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $82,200 and had an average of $69,759 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 312 real estate development graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in real estate development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great real estate development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the real estate development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree real estate dev students.

Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate Development

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s. Georgia Tech is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree real estate dev students list, Georgia Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Georgia Tech Real Estate Development Report

#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 19 masters’s real estate dev degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also made our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University at Buffalo Real Estate Development Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 27 masters’s real estate dev degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree real estate dev students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Real Estate Development at Arizona State University - Tempe

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s list. Auburn University is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree real estate dev students list, Auburn has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Auburn Real Estate Development Report

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s real estate dev students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Real Estate Development at University of Arizona

#6

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York
#10 in overall quality

Pratt Institute - Main did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Pratt Institute - Main is a small school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 7 masters’s real estate dev degrees in 2019-2020.

Pratt Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute are $35,226, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Real Estate Development at Pratt Institute - Main

Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s ranking. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 138 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York Real Estate Development Report

#8

Woodbury University

Burbank, California
#11 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Woodbury University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s list. Woodbury University is located in Burbank, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s real estate dev degrees to qualified students.

Woodbury also made our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at Woodbury are $41,670, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Real Estate Development at Woodbury University

#9

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

University of Southern California landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s ranking. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 25 masters’s real estate dev degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Real Estate Development at University of Southern California

#10

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s ranking. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s real estate dev students in 2019-2020.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Real Estate Development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#11

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s ranking. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s real estate dev degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Real Estate Development at Tulane

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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