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2023 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$23,756 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,372 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Real Estate School for You

Real Estate is the #153 most popular major in the country with 6,547 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Plains States Region to see which 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 Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Real Estate

$5,010 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northeast Community College to be the best value school for real estate students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Norfolk.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeast are $5,010 a year.

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#2

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNI are $19,753 a year. After completing their degree, real estate graduates from UNI carry an average student debtload of $22,125.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNI also is in the top 10% of our Best Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Full Real Estate at University of Northern Iowa Report

#3

Columbia College

Columbia, MO
$11,636 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Columbia College is a great value for real estate students. Columbia College Missouri is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Columbia College Missouri are $11,636 a year.

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#4

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN
$18,010 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. Cloud State University are $18,010 per year.

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$21,718 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNOMAHA are $21,718 a year.

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Iowa State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value real estate programs. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Iowa State are $25,446 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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University of St Thomas Minnesota ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UST MN are $48,329 a year.

UST MN also claimed a spot on our Best Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Real Estate at University of St Thomas Minnesota Report

$28,023 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Real Estate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.

UMKC undergraduate students pay an average of $28,023 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Real Estate Colleges by State

Explore the best real estate colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 5
Minnesota 29
Iowa 50
Nebraska 23

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 8 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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