2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Far Western US region, there were 1,396 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,300 and $29,159 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree real estate students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of San Diego

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. University of San Diego is located in San Diego, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree real estate students list, USD has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $28,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Real Estate at University of San Diego

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified masters’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree real estate students list, Portland State University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Real Estate at Portland State University

#3

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

#2 in overall quality

$36,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the #3 spot on the list. Malibu, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree real estate students list, Pepperdine has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pepperdine University are $36,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Real Estate at Pepperdine University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Godrej Mamurdi Pune.

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