Hey WSO,
I don't think this a typically asked question but what are the best schools for real estate? I'm looking to do an exchange potentially within the next few years and it seem like the best re schools are the usually the same as the best business schools eg wharton. Based in australia. Any recommendations?
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wharton, cornell hotel school, uMichigan
Michigan has a solid program? Hmm guess you learn new things everyday
Wharton, Cornell Hotel, USC, UT Austin, Berkley. This roughly covers the top 5 for US news real estate rankings (except UW Madison is gone and Cornell is added). Id add Ive never met anyone for Michigan from real estate but Im sure the exist
Columbia and NYU, also great
In no particular order: Wharton, Cornell Hotel School, Michigan, USC, UC Berkeley, NYU, Wisconsin Madison, UT Austin, SMU, and Florida. If you're going to exchange for a year, go to Wharton, USC, UT Austin, UC Berkeley or Michigan.
All are great schools with solid real estate programs and you'll have a good time too.
I know everyone here is posting schools with famous real estate programs, but if you ever get the chance to go to a place like Harvard or Stanford, you don't turn them down.
As a USC student this is facts. I’d also say Wharton is a no brainer. Then there’s like 6 that are pretty even for real estate- NYU, USC, Columbia, Berkeley, Cornell, UT
University of Wisconsin. Great real estate program and even more fun exchange semester. Make sure to visit during Fall semester
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