by our College Data Analytics Team
[Real Estate](/majors/business-management-marketing-sales/real-estate/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a real estate degree into the strongest early-career earnings.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their real estate graduates.
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If you want to know which schools send real estate graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.
Our analysis ranked University Of San Diego the top school for real estate graduate earnings in the Far Western Region. Set in the city of San Diego, University Of San Diego is a private not-for-profit institution. Students who complete the real estate program here go on to a median salary of roughly $54,073.
Ashford University came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying real estate schools. Located in the city of San Diego, Ashford University is a private for-profit institution. Early-career real estate graduates from Ashford University make a median of around $51,763 per year.
Portland State University came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying real estate schools. Set in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public institution. Early-career real estate graduates from Portland State University make a median of around $77,791 per year.
This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries real estate graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).
Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.
*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.
More about our data sources and methodologies.