Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$7,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,089 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,820 and $16,248 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in real estate. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent real estate programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Waukesha County Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Pewaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

WCTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $10,165 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Real Estate students per year to attend WCTC.

Read more about Real Estate at Waukesha County Technical College

#2

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Milwaukee Area Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

MATC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $9,076 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Real Estate students per year to attend MATC.

Read full report on Real Estate at MATC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sinclair Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Sinclair Community College is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at Sinclair Community College

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marion Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Marion, Ohio, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

MTC also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for MTC is $6,137 for great lakes region associate degree real estate students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Real Estate at Marion Technical College

#5

Zane State College

Zanesville, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Zane State College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Zanesville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Zane State College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $6,554 for great lakes region associate degree real estate students per year to attend Zane State College.

Read more about Real Estate at Zane State College

#6 in overall quality

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

Cincinnati State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Cincinnati State is $5,469 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Full Cincinnati State Real Estate Report

#7 in overall quality

Lorain County Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. LCCC is located in Elyria, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

LCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lorain County Community College is $3,204 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at LCCC

#8 in overall quality

Terra State Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Terra State Community College is a public institution located in Fremont, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Terra Community College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $12,126 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Real Estate students per year to attend Terra Community College.

Read full report on Real Estate at Terra Community College

Switch to a Similar Major

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

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.

Credits

Featured Real Estate Schools

Find Schools Near You