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2023 Best Real Estate Schools

38 Colleges
$60,568 Avg Salary
$21,484 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Real Estate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,280 people earned a degree or certificate in real estate, making the major the #123 most popular in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Real Estate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 38 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Real Estate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Real Estate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Real Estate Schools

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our analysis found Cornell University to be the best school for real estate students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best real estate schools in the United States. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for real estate students. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Real Estate Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Real Estate Schools list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for real estate students. It came in at #6 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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#7

New York University

New York, NY

With a ranking of #7, New York University did quite well on this year’s best schools for real estate students. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#8

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best real estate programs. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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With a ranking of #9, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for real estate students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Pepperdine University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Real Estate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Real Estate is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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