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What about the MSRED program at Columbia University?

I'm surprised that the Editor didn't made enough research, as several real estate programs are out there. Personally, I know that the MSRED at Columbia University has a high standard of faculty and alumni and by the way, a great demand of applicants. USC has also an intersting program and is also doing very well in demand. Cornell has also worked with this type of programs very sucessfully.

How is Columbia MS in Real Estate not on this list? It must be a mistake.

both of NYU's programs (the masters in RE and the graduate certificate in RE) are geared towards working professionals. none of their classes start before 4:00 PM.

It is about time real estate professionals increase and expand their knowledge about real estate to mastery levels (graduate school) besides simple broker licensing. Real Estate is so dynamic and involves so many different players: contractors, government officials, banking & financing, markets & urban as well as macro economic analytics. To truly succeed in this game as an investor, all these factors have to be thoroughly evaluated. Victor goes to the most calculated. I am a proud product of CUNY with a major in finance and double minor in real estate and economics. From what I have seen, finance & banking professionals go through more rigorous training than do RE professionals. I would like for that to change. And yes Columbia does offer a great RE program.

I have heard from a few well established developers and re finance professionals that a master of science in re development is not a well respected credential and is seen as much less serious than an MBA........any thoughts from people in a program such as columbia's?

I did my MSRED at Columbia and work now for Lehman Brothers. Most of my class mates got the job they wanted after the program.

The MSRED program at Columbia is one of the best in the world.

I got my MSRE from NYU's program and it was the determining factor in getting an acquisitions job at a large firm. MBA's are great, but they don't have that much real estate content. That explains why Stern students often take classes in the NYU's real estate institute, but hardly yhte other way around. If you have a serious undergrad degree and good employers on your resume then the MSRE is as good if not better than an MBA in the real estate world. Also the network of real estate people in the NYU program is far better than any MBA program.

The top programs in real estate are NYU, Columbia, Cornell and MIT. I am sure other programs are good but these programs are considered the top.

I graduated from the NYU RE masters program several years ago. I do feel the faculty and courses at Columbia may be stronger than at NYU but NYU's student body is mostly part-time making the NYU program a very strong place to network. My classmates all have great jobs in the industry now.

THE NYU program is only second tier - Sorry

Comment # 10: Obvious Columbia Troll

Comment # 10: Obvious Columbia Troll

NYU MSRE grads can be seen at the highest levels of firms in the NYC real estate industry. This has to impact upon firm hiring practices and thus the power of the degree. The haters on the board are obviously venting bc they chose the wrong school and cannot live with your choice.

Comment 10 - No MIT Troll

Sure - NYU is of course much better and more prestigious than Columbia and MIT (HA HA HA)– I wonder how you are able to fool yourself that well…

NYU is a second tier program. The average GMAT for the school is barely a 560 and masters students sit in the same room as certificate students. I'm sorry but to call itself a top program NYU needs to have higher standards than just 50% percentile. Especially when the real top programs have GMAT test scores at 90% or higher.

The top programs are: MIT, Columbia, USC, and Cornell in that order.

To # 16: Funny, because Columbia waives their GMAT requirement if you are working for 2 years or more. So, effectively - no GMAT requirement AND it is only a cursory year long program with basic finance classes. NYU provides a Finance intensive program. RD Stop the trolls please.

The Troll bashing on NYU is a guy named Phear_Me under a series of made up handles/Ids.

He is some wannabe insecure prestige whore who went to a low level MBA program and is going to MIT for an MSRED. He pathetically feels the need to bash schools like NYU to make his degree look better. We are all onto you buddy. Stop trolling for MIT and USC, we know who you are and what you are doing.

Look him up on Businessweek and Cyburbia to name a few sites where he has adopted numerous handles to defame a host of schools, including NYU.

Stop it troll.

NYU is only second tier and their real estate program sucks...

Ha ha ha phear_me is back at it again

Insecure troll.

Every Monkey can attend the NY real estate program - It is only a cash cow for NYU

Get a real degree and go to MIT or Columbia

Ha Ha Ha Ha. This board is like a bs magnet for the debased Columbia/MIT trolls.

I agree, both NYU's and Columbia's programs are excellent east coast prograns (and have produced many well respected industry leaders especially in the NY metro area) and there is a great deal of reciprocity between these two NYC schools in terms of social gatherings, joint roundtables, etc. The banter between who is swinging the biggest #$^$ is as childish as it is expected.

Everyone just needs to relax on this board and remember that those coming out of these schools are actually MSRE brethren (and should seek synergies) in a world that has traditionally thought an MBA is the only valid post grad business degree (which I think was the underlying theme of the above article).

Wow, this Phear_Me character is a real low life. He is all over the net with his one man show of real estate program pollution. They need to revoke this guy's Net pass.

I have a friend who did the program at Columbia and said most of the people there either got immediate top tier employment or else couldn't get a job forever. I hear USC has a great program. Not sure about NYU or Cornell but there seems to be a lot of people questioning whether or not NYU is a good program. I haven't seen anything about Cornell. People say MIT has a lot of math - not really sure what that has to do with planning or development. Have heard good things about Clemson and ASU.

Are the rankings for real estate programs included in the planitizen guides or are those only for planning?