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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Real Estate Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 72 degrees in real estate to qualified students.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Real Estate Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
DePaul University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.
After graduation, real estate degree recipients usually make an average of $92,303 at the beginning of their careers.
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).