Real Estate is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #155 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 66 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Real Estate Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 7,448 degrees in real estate to qualified students.
Your choice of real estate school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Real Estate School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of real estate degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student who is interested in real estate needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 72 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available. Those real estate students who get their degree from University of Pennsylvania earn $137,755 more than the standard real estate graduate.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 221 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available. Real Estate degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - Madison earn a boost of around $5,411 over the average income of real estate graduates.
Every student who is interested in real estate has to take a look at New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 321 real estate students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year. Those real estate students who get their degree from New York University make $52,935 more than the standard real estate grad.
Georgetown University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 170 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year. Real Estate degree recipients from Georgetown University receive an earnings boost of around $56,331 above the typical earnings of real estate majors.
Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were about 41 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent data year. Those real estate students who get their degree from Villanova University receive $7,874 more than the typical real estate student.
Located in the large suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pepperdine is a great university overall.
There were roughly 24 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Pepperdine in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 78 real estate students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the real estate program report average early career earnings of $68,246.
Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year. Real Estate degree recipients from Cornell University receive an earnings boost of around $21,304 over the typical income of real estate majors.
Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 129 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the real estate program state that they receive average early career earnings of $55,655.
USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. This university ranks 35th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 131 real estate students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the real estate program report average early career earnings of $54,073.
Located in the large suburb of Mission Viejo, Saddleback College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 46th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 102 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Saddleback College in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 23 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #67 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent data year. Real Estate degree recipients from Fordham University receive an earnings boost of approximately $23,867 over the typical earnings of real estate graduates.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Real Estate Schools award.
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).
Your choice of real estate school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Real Estate School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
