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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing

6 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$79,004 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Housing Major

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Housing is the 316th most popular major in the country with 459 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , housing graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $45,369 and had an average of $24,738 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in housing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in housing.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Housing

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 50 masters’s housing degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UGA Housing Report

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s housing degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 47 masters’s housing degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Housing at Mizzou

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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major list. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 masters’s housing degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Temple University Housing Report

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #4 spot on the list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s housing degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Housing at SMU

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Housing Major. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 0 masters’s housing degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Cornell Housing Report

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