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My honest opinion is that some people enter these programs (and MBAs too) with unrealistic expectations that their will be career fairs with BX, KRR, SW, Related, etc. just lining up to hire a set of this year's graduating class. This will not be the case. To the extent these firms do OCR, it will be at only a few very to MBA programs and even then they will look for those with legit REIB or CRE experience, they are competitive jobs, period.
LOTS of people place in commercial real estate and often at big institutional names straight out of MSRE/D programs, but maybe not at the coolest 'top shops' all the time. In reality, an M7 MBA won't guarantee this either, its just the world.
What fails some MSRE/D students is that they don't really learn all the skills they need (like strong excel modeling), they are generally weak candidates, don't aggressively pursue internships, and don't network. You have to be in command of your experience, the school will not hand you a job. Sadly, a student can 'coast' through these programs and not learn what they should. You can get an A in some classes without actually mastering the subject (this is all schools, esp. at UG level) and grade inflation is universal program (even at HYP). This gives some students a false impression that they are ready to go when they are not.
The one's that take the time to really get good, immerse themselves in the industry, take all the excel classes and add-ons, will do just fine. It's a competitive market, just have to be competitive to win.
I am in NYC, I would say that (as you know) NYU/Columbia are clearly the 'leaders' in the MSRE/D space. they are large/old programs with alums pretty much everywhere (including in many of the big name REIM/REIB/Dev firms people want to join).
Fordham is very new, and it's faculty (and likely content) is all from current or former professors at NYU and/or Columbia, they are trying to duplicate the program at a lower cost. So, same product without the brand, at least that is how I see it. Fordham does have a big NY area alum, so I wouldn't discount it. But if you leave NY area, Fordham is not really known.
Baruch price is amazing, and they have a large alum base as well. Honestly, I don't encounter there alum at networking events and things like that the way I think I would. So, I really don't know.
LinkedIn can be a friend here, search each school and real estate, you can get a sense of where Baruch students and even Fordham ones go. Both schools a have a lot of MBA/finance grads who are probably in real estate, I would use them as part of the 'alumni' network, but may not be viewed same as the MSRE (....the long standing debate).