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

9 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$6,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Real Estate is the 163rd most popular major in the country with 5,658 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 67 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in real estate. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality real estate programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree real estate students.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Pasadena, Texas, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $8,692 for southwest region associate degree real estate students per year to attend San Jacinto Community College.

Read full report on Real Estate at San Jacinto Community College

#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 18 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at Houston Community College

#3

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Levelland, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree real estate students list, South Plains College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for southwest region associate degree real estate students.

Read full report on Real Estate at South Plains College

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #4 spot on the list. Tarrant County College is a large public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 12 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College is $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at Tarrant County College District

#5

El Centro College

Dallas, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. El Centro College is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree real estate students list, El Centro College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for El Centro College is $4,373 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at El Centro College

#7 in overall quality

Collin County Community College District did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in McKinney, Texas, and it awarded 2 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also took the #7 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for southwest region associate degree real estate students.

Read full report on Real Estate at Collin County Community College District

#2 in overall quality

Austin Community College District did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 6 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read full report on Real Estate at Austin Community College District

#8

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

San Antonio College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. San Antonio College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 5 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree real estate students list, San Antonio College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read full report on Real Estate at San Antonio College

#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, McLennan Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend McLennan Community College is $6,752 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at McLennan Community College

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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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