2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Real Estate for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Real Estate for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 6,547 people earned their degree in real estate, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 72 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $92,303 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 real estate graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great real estate programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the real estate program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Real Estate for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Real Estate for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Real Estate for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Real Estate for a Bachelor’s list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s real estate degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Of the 21,922 students enrolled at DePaul, 528 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 367 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,957. During this same period, 101 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. DePaul does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at DePaul]](/colleges/depaul-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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