2025 Best Real Estate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
1,531Real Estate Degrees Awarded
$67,828Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in real estate is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #155 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of real estate. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,531 degrees in real estate annually.
Your choice of real estate school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for real estate schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Real Estate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Real Estate in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the real estate degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in real estate has to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were roughly 221 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year. Those real estate students who get their degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison make $5,411 more than the average real estate grad.
Marquette University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #114 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year. After graduating, real estate degree recipients typically earn an average of $58,246 at the beginning of their careers.
It is hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in real estate. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 50 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the real estate major at Ohio State University - Main Campus get $4,941 more than the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
DePaul University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in real estate. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 21 real estate students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, real estate degree recipients usually earn an average of $53,515 in the first five years of their career.
UC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. This university ranks 6th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 46 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
Ball State is a very large public university located in the small city of Muncie. This university ranks 5th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 19 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, real estate degree recipients usually make an average of $58,575 at the beginning of their careers.
UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Menomonie. This university ranks 29th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 7 real estate students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stout in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the real estate program earn about $54,061 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of real estate school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for real estate schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
