2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 470 people earned their degree in real estate development, making the major the 280th most popular in the United States. 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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 41 real estate development graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,500 and $54,597 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 real estate development graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in real estate development. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality real estate development programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The real estate dev school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate Development in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,171 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 27 masters’s real estate dev degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full ASU - Tempe Real Estate Development Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Dev Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s real estate dev degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Real Estate Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arizona Real Estate Development Report

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

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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