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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Real Estate is the 211th most popular major in the country with 5,658 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 895 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in real estate. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great real estate programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the real estate program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Texas is $8,521 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of North Texas Real Estate Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UTSA is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $0-$30k list, UTSA has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,516 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UTSA.

Read more about Real Estate at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $11,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Real Estate at UT Arlington

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend TCU is $21,286 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Real Estate at TCU

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 32 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Methodist University is $26,718 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Southern Methodist University Real Estate Report

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Baylor University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s real estate degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $26,726 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, 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 91%.

Read full report on Real Estate at Baylor University

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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

Footnotes

  • *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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