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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Southeast Region

13 Ranked Colleges
600 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southeast region, there were 983 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,575 and $27,239 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 600 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the real estate program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students.

Top 13 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Southeast Region

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 132 bachelors’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State University is $9,789 for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Real Estate at Florida State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also took the #6 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCF is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UCF Real Estate Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 87 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Real Estate at Virginia Tech

#4

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 129 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full University of Georgia Real Estate Report

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students per year to attend FIU.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Real Estate at FIU

#6

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, Georgia
#10 in overall quality

University of West Georgia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Carrollton, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s real estate degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of West Georgia, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of West Georgia is $16,124 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at University of West Georgia

#7

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

University of Mississippi came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s real estate degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss also took the #11 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ole Miss is $14,016 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Mississippi Real Estate Report

#8

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#5 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,509 for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students per year to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Real Estate at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#9

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia State is $13,953 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at Georgia State

#10

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina
#7 in overall quality

College of Charleston ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. College of Charleston is a fairly large school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 18 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

C of C did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for College of Charleston is $19,000 for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students.

Full C of C Real Estate Report

#11

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

With a ranking of #11, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 12 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend VCU is $22,021 for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Real Estate at VCU

#12

Stetson University

DeLand, Florida
#13 in overall quality

Stetson University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in DeLand, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

Stetson also took the #13 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stetson University is $23,568 for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students.

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%.

Read more about Real Estate at Stetson

#13

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#4 in overall quality

University of Miami ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for U Miami is $46,949 for southeast region bachelor’s degree real estate students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full U Miami Real Estate Report

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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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