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2023 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$57,754 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,477 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Real Estate School for You

Real Estate is the #123 most popular major in the country with 1,280 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for real estate students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Real Estate

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Cornell University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for real estate students. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cornell are $61,015 per year.

Cornell also took the #3 spot in our Best Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $61,710 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #4 for overall quality for real estate in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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#3

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
$55,776 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fordham U are $55,776 per year.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NYU are $56,500 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NYU also is in the top 15% of our Best Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GWU also did well on our Best Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Georgetown University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Georgetown undergraduate students pay an average of $59,957 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Georgetown also is in the top 5% of our Best Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins are $58,720 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Johns Hopkins is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Real Estate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#8

American University

Washington, DC
$51,334 Average Tuition & Fees

American University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for real estate students. It came in at #8 on the list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The American University are $51,334 a year.

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Best Real Estate Colleges by State

Explore the best real estate schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 338
Pennsylvania 51
Maryland 43
District of Columbia 180

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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 8 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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