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2023 Most Popular Real Estate Schools in California

72 Colleges
$52,687 Avg Salary
$28,229 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Real Estate School for You

Real Estate is the #131 most popular major in California with 464 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 Most Popular Real Estate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 72 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Real Estate program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Real Estate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Mt. San Antonio College the most popular school in California for real estate students. Mt. SAC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Walnut.

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#2

Saddleback College

Mission Viejo, CA

Out of the 72 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Saddleback College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Mission Viejo, Saddleback College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of San Diego is a great place for real estate students. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

The average amount in student loans that real estate majors at USD take out is $25,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $460, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#4

Chabot College

Hayward, CA

Out of the 72 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Chabot College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Chabot College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Hayward.

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Glendale Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for real estate students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Glendale, GCC is a public school with a large student population.

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#7

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa Junior College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Real Estate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Santa Rosa, SRJC is a public school with a large student population.

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#8

Modesto Junior College

Modesto, CA

With a ranking of #8, Modesto Junior College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for real estate students. MJC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Modesto.

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Santiago Canyon College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular real estate programs. SCC is a large public school located in the midsize city of Orange.

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#10

East Los Angeles College

Monterey Park, CA

East Los Angeles College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for real estate students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Monterey Park, East Los Angeles College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Real Estate Schools in California award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
12 West Los Angeles College Culver City, CA
13 Riverside City College Riverside, CA
14 Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 10
Oregon 43
Nevada 11

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 26 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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