by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,547 people earned their degree in real estate, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,340 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,677 and $19,282 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in real estate. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their real estate program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree real estate students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region. DePaul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Indianapolis. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region. This medium-sized school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 3 masters’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 33 masters’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, 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 95%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
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