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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Real Estate in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
110 Degrees Awarded
$27,800 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Real Estate is the 200th most popular major in the country with 6,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 110 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in real estate. To top this list, a school must have a successful real estate program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region”.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s real estate degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Real Estate at UNI

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #2 spot on the list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s real estate degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 more about Real Estate at UNOMAHA

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 19 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Real Estate at University of St Thomas Minnesota

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Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #4 spot on the list. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 10 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Full St. Cloud State University Real Estate Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 8 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Real Estate at Iowa State University

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University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 5 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Real Estate at UMKC

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