2024 Best Value Colleges for Real Estate in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Net Price*
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 in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Real Estate is the 155th most popular major in the country with 6,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, real estate graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $60,568 and had an average of $21,484 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 934 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,664 and $19,534 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region.
Top 13 Best Value Colleges for Real Estate in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region real estate students list, Houston Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $4,813 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
Read more about Real Estate at Houston Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region list. San Jacinto Community College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 94 ’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
San Jacinto College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto College is $9,638 for southwest region real estate students.
Read more about Real Estate at San Jacinto Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarrant County College is a large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 60 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Tarrant County College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College is $5,147 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
Full Tarrant County College Real Estate Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #4 on our 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region list. El Centro College is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 72 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region real estate students list, El Centro College has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for El Centro College is $4,739 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
Read full report on Real Estate at El Centro College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #5 on our 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
San Antonio College also took the #10 spot in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,564 for southwest region real estate students per year to attend San Antonio College.
Full San Antonio College Real Estate Report
Collin County Community College District did quite well in the 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Collin County Community College District is a large school located in McKinney, Texas that handed out 77 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region real estate students list, Collin County Community College District has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Collin County Community College District is $7,040 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
Full Collin County Community College District Real Estate Report
University of North Texas ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s real estate degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
UNT also took the #7 spot in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,122 for Southwest Region Real Estate students per year to attend University of North Texas.
Read more about Real Estate at University of North Texas
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #8 spot on the 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 58 degrees to qualified ’s real estate students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $18,919 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Real Estate Report
The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s real estate degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
UTSA also made our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $10,549 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Full UTSA Real Estate Report
The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 17 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $15,509 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Full The University of Texas at Arlington Real Estate Report
Baylor University did quite well in the 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $37,309 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
The school has an impressive undergrad 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 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Real Estate at Baylor
Texas Christian University landed the #12 spot on the 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 57 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
TCU also made our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $39,942 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Real Estate at TCU
Southern Methodist University landed the #13 spot on the 2024 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified ’s real estate students in 2020-2021.
SMU also made our “Best Real Estate Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend SMU is $38,208 for Southwest Region Real Estate students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, 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 undergraduate students.
Full SMU 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
- *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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