by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 7,448 people earned their degree in real estate, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 127 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,372 and $20,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in real estate. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in real estate.
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The real estate school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree real estate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a public institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, 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 Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 5 masters’s real estate degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s real estate students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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