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 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Real Estate Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 368 degrees in real estate annually.
The real estate program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Real Estate rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
It's difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - Madison if you wish to pursue a degree in real estate. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 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 receive $5,411 more than the typical real estate grad.
Marquette University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in real estate. Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 3rd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 46 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, real estate degree recipients usually earn an average of $58,246 at the beginning of their careers.
University of Wisconsin - Stout is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in real estate. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 29th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 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 around $54,061 in the first couple years of working.
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).