by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Real Estate is the 200th most popular major in the country with 6,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,340 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree real estate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region. Roosevelt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s real estate students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UIC is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 12 masters’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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