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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$42,100 Avg Salary
Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,658 people earned their degree in real estate, making the major the 163rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, real estate graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,476 and had an average of $30,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 895 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,767 and $24,618 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in real estate. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great real estate programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the real estate program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #1 spot on the list. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,827 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UTSA.

Read more about Real Estate at The University of Texas at San Antonio

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,377 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,622 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The University of Texas at Arlington.

Read more about Real Estate at The University of Texas at Arlington

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SMU is $31,813 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 46 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Christian University is $29,929 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Real Estate at TCU

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s real estate degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $31,343 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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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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