Program Overview

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Master’s in Real Estate, MSRE

Elevate Your Real Estate Career with an Advanced Real Estate Degree

Take your experience and pair it with expanded knowledge with a master’s degree in real estate. Through the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, you’ll have access to academic excellence from experienced faculty and professional excellence and support from an advisory board of industry leaders.

This 1.5-year full-time program consists of in-person classes on the Chicago campus. Students may opt to go part time and complete the degree in 2.5 years. The full-time course delivery meets F1 visa requirements. This program starts in the Fall only with applications being accepted a year in advance.

Admission Info

• Location: Chicago
• Start Term: Fall (Preferred), Spring
• Applications can be completed entirely online.
• Official transcripts from all previously attended colleges and universities in the United States.
• 3.0 undergraduate GPA.
• Resume/curriculum vitae. Three to five years of industry experience is preferred.
• Letter of intent outlining your personal and professional goals, why you are interested in this program, and how it will help you achieve your goals.

Sample Real Estate Courses

• Real Estate Finance and Investment
• Public/Private Partnerships
• Quantitative Methods
• Real Estate Finance and Investment
• Real Estate Development

Real Estate Careers

Graduates of the master’s in real estate and MBA programs are making their mark in the real estate industry. Alumni currently hold roles like:

• Asset manager
• Managing broker
• Commercial property manager
• Director of acquisitions and development

In addition to leading their own businesses in real estate, Roosevelt alumni work for industry employers like:

• CBRE
• JLL
• CRG
• Barings
• Community Investment Corporation of Chicago
• Chicago Housing Authority
• LendLease Development

WHY ROOSEVELT FOR YOUR MASTER'S

Enhance your focus

In the master’s program, you’ll gain academic and practical knowledge to support your career advancement in a broad range of industry disciplines. Deepen your knowledge in specializations like:

• property development
• real estate finance and investment
• project management
• property valuation

Interested in a broader business education? Explore the MBA real estate concentration. Interested in business analytics for the real estate industry? Explore the MS in Business Analytics real estate concentration.

Develop as an industry professional

You’ll have access to mentoring and internship, professional development courses, and industry association memberships. You can network with and hear from the top leaders in real estate while you implement your knowledge in hands-on projects and case challenges.

Both CCIM and the Appraisal Institute recognize Roosevelt as a university partner. Your graduate degree can count towards CCIM and MAI designation qualifications. Your degree can also count towards state licensure qualifications for being an appraiser.

Learn at your own pace

The master’s programs are designed for busy professionals, offering flexibility and convenience with most courses held one evening per week per course. You can pursue your degree on a full-time or part-time basis.

If pursuing a full master’s level degree is not what you are looking for, consider the Graduate Certificate Programs in Real Estate Development or in Real Estate Investment and Finance. The courses can apply towards a graduate degree at a future date.

“I can’t say enough great things about the institute and how it’s helped me to impact my career and life. The institute has hands-on learning and focuses on building relationships, which I think is paramount in real estate.”

Dion Hickles, MSRE ’15
Project Manager, Comprehensive Construction Consulting, Inc.