2023 Most Popular Real Estate Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Real Estate Master's 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Real Estate Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 42 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.
2023 Most Popular Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the real estate master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 10 Most Popular Real Estate Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named New York University the most popular school in the United States for real estate students working on their master’s degree. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
About 24% of the students majoring in real estate at the school are women while 76% are male.
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Out of the 42 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Of the 169 students majoring in real estate at Georgetown, 75% are male and 25% are female.
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Out of the 42 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.
About 26% of the students majoring in real estate at the school are women while 74% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 58 students majoring in real estate at Texas A&M College Station, 81% are male and 19% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Real Estate Master’s Degree Schools list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.
Women make up 17% of the real estate majors at the school.
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Johns Hopkins University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree real estate programs. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 26% of the students majoring in real estate at the school are women while 74% are male.
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Fordham University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree real estate programs. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.
Women make up 22% of the real estate majors at the school.
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University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for real estate students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 15% of the students majoring in real estate at the school are women while 85% are male.
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Portland State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree real estate programs. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 38% of the real estate majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Denver did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for real estate students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 15% of the real estate majors at the school.
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Majors Related to Real Estate
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.