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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing

6 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$79,004 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Housing Major

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 302 people earned their degree in housing, making the major the 316th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,369 and had an average of $23,582 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in housing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their housing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree housing students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing

1
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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major list. University of Georgia is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 31 masters’s 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Housing at UGA

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 12 masters’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 more about Housing at Texas Tech

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Mizzou is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Read more about Housing at University of Missouri - Columbia

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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 masters’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

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4

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #4 spot on the list. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 0 masters’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Housing at SMU

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #4 spot on the list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s housing degrees to 0 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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