2025 Best Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on majoring in real estate, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #200 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 degrees in real estate annually.

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Pick Your Real Estate Degree Level

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 Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Real Estate in the Plains States Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the real estate degree levels they offer.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Real Estate

1

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17.4% Growth in Graduates

University of St Thomas Minnesota is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in real estate from University of St Thomas Minnesota

2

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Real Estate Degrees Awarded

University of Northern Iowa is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in real estate from University of Northern Iowa

Best Real Estate Colleges by State

Explore the best real estate schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	29
Missouri	693	5
Iowa	648	50
Nebraska	500	22

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Godrej Mamurdi Pune.

More about our data sources and methodologies.