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2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$5,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Real Estate is the 163rd most popular major in the country with 5,658 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, real estate graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,476 and had an average of $30,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 895 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,767 and $24,618 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 67 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in real estate. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality real estate programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the real estate program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 associates’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

Houston Community College also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,351 for southwest region associate degree real estate students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Real Estate at Houston Community College

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $4,362 for southwest region associate degree real estate students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Real Estate at Austin Community College District

#3

El Centro College

Dallas, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, El Centro College landed the #3 spot on the list. El Centro College is a large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 4 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

El Centro College also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for El Centro College is $4,228 for southwest region associate degree real estate students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Real Estate at El Centro College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified associates’s real estate students in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College District is $5,742 for southwest region associate degree real estate students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Real Estate at Tarrant County College District

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. San Jacinto College is a large public school situated in Pasadena, Texas. It awarded 10 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,502 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend San Jacinto College.

Read full report on Real Estate at San Jacinto Community College

#6

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

San Antonio College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 5 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $6,189 for southwest region associate degree real estate students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full San Antonio College Real Estate Report

#7

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#8 in overall quality

South Plains College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. South Plains College is a medium-sized public school situated in Levelland, Texas. It awarded 4 associates’s real estate degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,419 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Real Estate students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full South Plains College Real Estate Report

#7 in overall quality

Collin County Community College District landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. McKinney, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also made our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Collin County Community College District is $5,536 for southwest region associate degree real estate students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Real Estate at Collin County Community College District

#9 in overall quality

McLennan Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Real Estate Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Waco, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s real estate degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCC, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,191 for southwest region associate degree real estate students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend McLennan Community College.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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