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2024 Best Real Estate Schools in New York

5 Colleges in New York
497 Real Estate Degrees Awarded
$61,468 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in real estate is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #155 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Real Estate Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 497 degrees in real estate during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Real Estate School

Best Real Estate Schools in New York Your choice of real estate school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for real estate schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Real Estate Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Real Estate
Master's Degrees in Real Estate

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Real Estate Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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Best Schools for Real Estate in New York

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the real estate degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top New York Schools in Real Estate

1
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New York University
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
351 Real Estate Degrees Awarded
10.3% Growth in Graduates

New York University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 351 real estate students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year. Those real estate students who get their degree from New York University receive $19,978 more than the standard real estate graduate.

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2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY

It's difficult to beat Cornell University if you wish to pursue a degree in real estate. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were approximately 27 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.

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3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
37 Real Estate Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat Fordham University if you want to pursue a degree in real estate. Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 37 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
40 Real Estate Degrees Awarded
15.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in real estate has to check out Syracuse University. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse. This university ranks 12th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 40 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the real estate program make an average of $53,802 for their early career.

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Baruch College
New York, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
42 Real Estate Degrees Awarded
$29,178 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 20th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 42 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Baruch in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the real estate program state that they receive average early career earnings of $29,178.

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Best Real Estate Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Real Estate Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 140
Maryland 279 45
District of Columbia 188 204

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One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Real Estate has other similar majors worth exploring.

Real Estate Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Real Estate 497

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 20,732
Accounting 7,598
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 4,913
Finance & Financial Management 3,346
General Business/Commerce 2,351
Marketing 2,234
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 1,746
Hospitality Management 1,615
Human Resource Management 1,411
General Sales & Marketing 1,006

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