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2023 Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

32 Colleges
$8,464 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,411 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Real Estate Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 6,547 people earned a degree or certificate in real estate, making the major the #153 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for real estate students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for real estate students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at American Military University are $7,360 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, real estate graduates from American Military University carry an average student debtload of $26,615.

American Military University also made our Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools list, coming in at #2.

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#2

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a very large student population.

El Centro College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,000 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, real estate graduates from El Centro College carry an average student debtload of $26,659.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, El Centro College also is in the top 5% of our Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Schools list. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year. Real Estate majors at Houston Community College take out an average of $31,045 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Waukesha County Technical College is a great value for real estate students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCTC are $6,603 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, WCTC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a very large student population.

San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Clark State Community College

Springfield, OH

Clark State Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for real estate students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Springfield, Clark State Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Clark State Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,328 in tuition and fees each year.

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Milwaukee Area Technical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree real estate programs. MATC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MATC are $6,908 a year.

Full Real Estate at Milwaukee Area Technical College Report

Sinclair Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree real estate programs. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Sinclair Community College are $8,076 a year. The average amount in student loans that real estate majors at Sinclair Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $15,645.

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Marion Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for real estate students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the distant town of Marion, MTC is a public school with a small student population.

MTC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,505 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Real Estate at Marion Technical College Report

Lorain County Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Elyria, LCCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LCCC are $8,405 a year.

Full Real Estate at Lorain County Community College Report

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Real Estate is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Real Estate

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Godrej Mamurdi Pune.

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