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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income $30-$48k) in California

2 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$32,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 5,658 people earned their degree in real estate, making the major the 211th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 1,231 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of San Diego

San Diego, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in San Diego, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Diego are $28,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of San Diego Real Estate Report

#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pepperdine University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Pepperdine University is a medium-sized school located in Malibu, California that handed out 24 masters’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Pepperdine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pepperdine are $36,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Real Estate at Pepperdine University

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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