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2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

9 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$6,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 895 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 67 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree real estate students.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Pasadena, Texas, and it awarded 10 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Full San Jacinto College Real Estate Report

#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 18 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students per year to attend Houston Community College.

Read full report on Real Estate at Houston Community College

#3

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 4 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree real estate students list, South Plains College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Full South Plains College Real Estate Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College District is $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read full report on Real Estate at Tarrant County College District

#5

El Centro College

Dallas, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, El Centro College landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 4 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

El Centro College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $4,373 for southwest region associate degree real estate students per year to attend El Centro College.

Read more about Real Estate at El Centro College

#7 in overall quality

Collin County Community College District landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Collin County Community College District is a large public school situated in McKinney, Texas. It awarded 2 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Collin County Community College District, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read full report on Real Estate at Collin County Community College District

#2 in overall quality

Austin Community College District came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,861 for southwest region associate degree real estate students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Full Austin Community College District Real Estate Report

#8

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

San Antonio College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Antonio College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Read more about Real Estate at San Antonio College

#9 in overall quality

McLennan Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCC, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $6,752 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students.

Full McLennan Community College 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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