by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,547 people earned their degree in real estate, making the major the 200th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 429 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major” ranking analyzed 95 colleges that offered a degree in real estate. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in real estate.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree real estate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Zane State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Zane State College is a small public school situated in Zanesville, Ohio. It awarded 6 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marion Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major. Marion Technical College is located in Marion, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Lamar Institute of Technology is a small school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 5 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Real Estate at Lamar Institute of Technology
Out of the 95 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego Mesa College landed the #4 spot on the list. San Diego, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Los Angeles College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Culver City, California, and it awarded 9 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Glendale Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Glendale, California, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s real estate students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Clark State Community College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. Springfield, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Real Estate at Clark State Community College
Modesto Junior College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. MJC is a fairly large public school situated in Modesto, California. It awarded 11 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Houston Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified associates’s real estate students in 2020-2021.
Saddleback College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. Saddleback College is located in Mission Viejo, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
Santiago Canyon College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Santiago Canyon College is a fairly large public school situated in Orange, California. It awarded 11 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Chabot College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Chabot College is a fairly large public school situated in Hayward, California. It awarded 8 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
San Antonio College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 13 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Milwaukee Area Technical College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 9 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Real Estate at Milwaukee Area Technical College
Los Angeles Valley College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. LAVC is located in Valley Glen, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #16, Mendocino College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Mendocino College is a small public school situated in Ukiah, California. It awarded 2 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Lorain County Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking, coming in at #17. LCCC is a public institution located in Elyria, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #18, Mt. San Jacinto College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Mt. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public school situated in San Jacinto, California. It awarded 11 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
North Seattle College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. North Seattle is a small public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 3 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Cuyamaca College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. Cuyamaca College is a public institution located in El Cajon, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
American Public University System landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 37 degrees to qualified associates’s real estate students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Real Estate at American Public University System
College of Marin did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking, coming in at #22. College of Marin is a small school located in Kentfield, California that handed out 1 associates’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
San Joaquin Delta College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major ranking. Delta is a public institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #24, City College of San Francisco did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. City College of San Francisco is located in San Francisco, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Real Estate at City College of San Francisco
McLennan Community College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Real Estate Major list. MCC is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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