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2023 Best Value Real Estate Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$30,682 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$87,473 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Real Estate Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Real Estate Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for real estate students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for real estate majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Real Estate Master's Degree Schools

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Cornell University the best value school in the United States for real estate students working on their master’s degree. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in tuition and fees each year.

Cornell excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list.

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Out of the 29 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas A&M College Station also did well on our Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great value for real estate students working on their master’s degree. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Clemson is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list.

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#6

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree real estate programs. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 a year.

UPenn also claimed a spot on our Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Fordham University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fordham U are $23,846 a year.

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#8

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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Iowa State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for real estate students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $21,147 in tuition and fees each year.

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Real Estate by Region

View the Best Value Real Estate Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
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.

  • 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.

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