2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in California (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in California 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 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in real estate. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent real estate programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree real estate students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in California (With Aid)

#1

University of San Diego

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 14 masters’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Diego are $28,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full USD Real Estate Report

#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

#2 in overall quality

$36,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Getting Aid list. Malibu, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree real estate students with aid list, Pepperdine has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pepperdine University are $36,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Pepperdine University Real Estate Report

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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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