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2023 Most Popular Colleges for Real Estate in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
110 Degrees Awarded
$27,800 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Real Estate is the 155th most popular major in the country with 6,547 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, real estate graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $60,568 and had an average of $21,484 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 110 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,372 and $22,125 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in real estate. To top this list, a school must have a successful real estate program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region”.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. UNI is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 42 ’s real estate degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Real Estate at University of Northern Iowa

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a public institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Real Estate at University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s real estate degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Real Estate at UST MN

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Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s real estate degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Cloud State University Real Estate Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s real estate degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Iowa State University Real Estate Report

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University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Real Estate Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Missouri - Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s real estate degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMKC Real Estate Report

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