2024 Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
an associate degree in
real estate is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #123 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 50 associate degrees in real estate to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Real Estate School for Your Associate Degree
The real estate associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality real estate program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 - The number of real estate students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
- 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 easy is it for real estate to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
- 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 associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Real Estate Schools
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 the Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.