If you plan on majoring in real estate, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #155 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Real Estate Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 146 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. We derive our Best Overall Real Estate School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Virginia.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the real estate degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Virginia Tech if you wish to pursue a degree in real estate. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 112 real estate students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, real estate degree recipients typically earn around $68,078 in their early careers.
George Mason University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in real estate. GMU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Fairfax. This university ranks 4th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 12 real estate students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available. Those real estate students who get their degree from George Mason University receive $56,805 more than the average real estate graduate.
It's hard to beat Virginia Commonwealth University if you want to pursue a degree in real estate. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 21 real estate students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the real estate program state that they receive average early career income of $47,681.
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. We derive our Best Overall Real Estate School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
