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2023 Most Popular Real Estate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

41 Colleges
$56,677 Avg Salary
$17,124 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Real Estate School for You

Today's business students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Real Estate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 41 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for business 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 Sinclair Community College the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for real estate students. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Dayton.

While working on their degree, real estate majors at Sinclair Community College accumulate an average of around $5,289 in student debt.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great place for real estate students. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

After completing their degree, real estate graduates from UW - Madison carry an average student debt load of $20,138.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Columbus State Community College is a great place for real estate students. Located in the city of Columbus, Columbus State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 41 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lorain County Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Elyria, LCCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best real estate schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Southern State Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for real estate students. Located in the distant town of Hillsboro, Southern State Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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#7

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for real estate students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that real estate majors at Marquette take out is $19,500.

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With a ranking of #8, Lakeland Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for real estate students. Located in the suburb of Kirtland, Lakeland is a public college with a small student population.

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#8

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #8, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for real estate students. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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With a ranking of #10, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for real estate students. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

While working on their degree, real estate majors at Ohio State accumulate an average of around $17,323 in student debt.

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Best Real Estate Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 5
Ohio 115
Illinois 43
Indiana 15
Wisconsin 284

One of 21 majors within the business area of study, real estate has other similar majors worth exploring.

Real Estate Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Real Estate 7,448

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 403,753
Accounting 93,982
General Business/Commerce 56,779
Finance & Financial Management 54,690
Marketing 52,078

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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