2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 220 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in real estate. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality real estate programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the real estate program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Utah is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 31 masters’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695.

Full U of U Real Estate Report

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980.

Read more about Real Estate at University of Colorado Boulder

#3

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full DU Real Estate Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Godrej Mamurdi Pune.

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