by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Real Estate is the 155th most popular major in the country with 7,448 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , real estate graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $60,568 and had an average of $26,934 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,531 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,677 and $17,124 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in real estate. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in real estate.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Roosevelt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s real estate degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Indianapolis landed the #3 spot on the list. UIndy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 7 masters’s real estate degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Real Estate at University of Indianapolis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 35 degrees to qualified masters’s real estate students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s real estate degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s real estate degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Real Estate at University of Illinois at Chicago
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