an associate degree in real estate is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #123 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 69 associate degrees in real estate during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to real estate students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of real estate students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for real estate to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized real estate related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for real estate students working on their associate degree.
The real estate school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Real Estate Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Valencia College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in real estate. Located in the large city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in real estate from Valencia College
American Public University System is a wonderful option for individuals interested in an associate degree in real estate. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population.
After graduation, real estate associate recipients typically make around $43,251 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
