by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 6,547 people earned their degree in real estate, making the major the 200th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,599 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 196 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in real estate. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their real estate program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Seattle College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 40 bachelors’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region. UNLV is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Portland State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 full report on Real Estate at Portland State University
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