2025 Best Real Estate Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in real estate, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #137 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Real Estate Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 163 bachelor's degrees in real estate during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to real estate students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other real estate students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 students go into to obtain their bachelor'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 related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Real Estate Schools

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

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Real Estate in California

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for real estate students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Real Estate

1

University of San Diego
San Diego, CA

125 Annual Graduates

$54,073 Median Starting Salary

University of San Diego is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in real estate. USD is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Diego.

After graduating, real estate bachelor's recipients generally earn an average of $54,073 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in real estate from University of San Diego

2

The University of Arizona Global Campus
San Diego, CA

33 Annual Graduates

$49,261 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in real estate has to look into The University of Arizona Global Campus. UAGC is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the real estate program state that they receive average early career wages of $49,261.

More information about a bachelor’s in real estate from The University of Arizona Global Campus

Best Real Estate Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Real Estate Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	226	7
Oregon	185	0
Nevada	129	7

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Real Estate Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Real Estate has other similar majors worth exploring.

Real Estate Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Real Estate	163

Most Popular Majors Related to Real Estate

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	26,747
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2,298
Business/Managerial Economics	1,055
Accounting	1,037
Marketing	892
Finance & Financial Management	887
Hospitality Management	464
Human Resource Management	456
International Business	309
General Business/Commerce	283

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Godrej Mamurdi Pune. More about our data sources and methodologies.