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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
179 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the real estate program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UTSA is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students with aid.

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

#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 #2 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students with aid per year to attend University of North Texas.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of North Texas Real Estate Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students with aid list, UT Arlington has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students with aid per year to attend UT Arlington.

Read full report on Real Estate at The University of Texas at Arlington

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 46 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree real estate students with aid.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #5 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $36,222 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students with aid per year to attend Southern Methodist University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.

Read full report on Real Estate at SMU

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #3 spot in our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Real Estate students with aid per year to attend Baylor University.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read more about Real Estate at Baylor

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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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