2025 Best Real Estate Development Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Real Estate Developmentmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #206 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Real Estate Development Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 master's degrees in real estate development during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on real estate development students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of real estate development students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt real estate development students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized real estate development related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for real estate development students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Real Estate Development Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Real Estate Development in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in real estate development.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Real Estate Dev

1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

16 Annual Graduates

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in real estate development. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in real estate development from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

2

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

26 Annual Graduates

$98,116 Median Starting Salary

Auburn University is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in real estate development. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn.

Students who graduate with their master's from the real estate dev program state that they receive average early career wages of $98,116.

More information about a master’s in real estate development from Auburn University

Best Real Estate Development Colleges by State

Explore the best real estate development schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	190	20
Alabama	151	16
Louisiana	147	19

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Rankings in Majors Related to Real Estate Dev

Real Estate Development is one of 8 different types of Architecture & Related Services programs to choose from.

Real Estate Dev Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Real Estate Development	52

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	616
Urban & Regional Planning	320
General Architecture	188
Landscape Architecture	60
Architectural History	12
Environmental Design	8
Interior Architecture	1

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).
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