2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,089 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,820 and $16,248 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in real estate. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent real estate programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree real estate students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$91,744 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Real Estate at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

University of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$39,644 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Indianapolis is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIndy, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Indianapolis are $39,644, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Real Estate at UIndy

#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Roosevelt University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

Roosevelt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Roosevelt Real Estate Report

#4

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Real Estate Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s real estate degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full DePaul Real Estate Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Real Estate (Income Over $110k)

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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