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2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

7 Ranked Colleges
540 Degrees Awarded
$40,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 823 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $86,950 and $56,360 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 540 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Fordham University

Bronx, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fordham University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Bronx, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Fordham U also took the #5 spot in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fordham U are $23,846, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Fordham University Real Estate Report

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

Full Cornell Real Estate Report

#3

New York University

New York, New York

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #3 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 253 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree real estate students list, NYU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Real Estate at NYU

#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. UPenn is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 31 masters’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also made our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Real Estate at UPenn

#5

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524.

Full American University Real Estate Report

#6

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

Georgetown University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 157 degrees to qualified masters’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Real Estate at Georgetown University

#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

Johns Hopkins University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree real estate students list, Johns Hopkins has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Real Estate at Johns Hopkins

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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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