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2024 Best Real Estate Master's Degree Schools in California

3 Colleges in California
49 Master's Degrees
a master's degree in real estate is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #107 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Real Estate Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 master's degrees in real estate during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Real Estate School for Your Master's Degree

Best Real Estate Master's Degree Schools in California Your choice of real estate for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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.

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

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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 Master's Degree Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Real Estate in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in real estate.

Top California Schools for a Master's in Real Estate

1
16 Annual Graduates

University of San Diego is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in real estate. Located in the city of San Diego, USD is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in real estate from University of San Diego

2
33 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Pepperdine University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in real estate. Pepperdine is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Malibu.More information about a master’s in real estate from Pepperdine University

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Any student who is interested in a master's degree in real estate has to look into Chapman University. Located in the city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in real estate from Chapman University

Best Real Estate Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Real Estate Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Oregon 158 34

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Real Estate is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Real Estate Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Real Estate 49

Majors Similar to Real Estate

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 11,070
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 3,491
Human Resource Management 1,050
Accounting 824
International Business 255
Taxation 218
Finance & Financial Management 206
Entrepreneurial Studies 196
Management Information Systems 171
General Business/Commerce 157

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