by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that 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 Illinois, there were 72 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $92,303 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in real estate. To top this list, a school must have a successful real estate program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The real estate school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #1 spot on the list. DePaul University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
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 Roosevelt University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
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