Why Pursue a Master's Degree in Real Estate Finance
Become a real estate finance leader by earning an MS in Finance with a concentration in Real Estate Finance and Development from UTSA’s top-ranked Alvarez College of Business. The real estate development, home building, and construction industry employs more than 131,000 individuals in San Antonio and over 784,000 individuals statewide. This industry has an economic impact of $19.4 billion each year, second only to the health care industry as an economic generator.
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Admission & Application Requirements
Applications are submitted through the UTSA Graduate Application. Please upload all required documents (listed below) on your UTSA Graduate Application. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure completion and submission of the application, a nonrefundable application fee, and all required supporting documents are on file with UTSA by the appropriate application deadline.
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| Required Degree | Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in the United States or have proof of equivalent training at a foreign institution. | |
| Minimum GPA | 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) Departments may consider GPA of last 60 semester credit hours. Otherwise qualified individuals with a GPA below 3.0 may still be eligible for admission consideration. For further information, please contact Graduate.Business@utsa.edu. | |
| Coursework | 18 credit hours in an area related to this graduate degree and at least 12 hours must be at the upper-division level. | |
| Transcripts* | Required from all institutions attended; international transcripts must be recorded/translated to English | |
| Credential Evaluation | Required if you have earned university-level credit from foreign institutions. Submit an evaluation of your transcripts from Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) directly from the graduate admission application platform | |
| English Language Proficiency | 550 TOEFL Paper / 79 TOEFL Internet / 6.5 IELTS / Duolingo 100 | |
| Purpose Statement | Required Use your purpose statement to explain your academic and professional goals, why you want to pursue the real estate finance and development concentration and why you chose to pursue this degree at UTSA. Follow the guidelines below to create a clear and compelling statement. Limit your statement to two single-spaced pages. • Describe Your Goals: Outline your academic and professional goals and explain why you want to pursue this concentration. • Explain Your Motivation: Describe why you want this degree and how your academic, professional, and life experiences led you to this decision. • Why UTSA? Explain how a degree from UTSA will help you achieve your career goals and objectives. • Address Past Experiences: Share any experiences relevant to your application. |
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| Resume | Required You are encouraged to provide a history of your work experience, functions, titles, developed skills and accomplishments. Your resume should provide details on names and locations of prior employment, as well as any external or community-related activities of involvement. | |
| Letters of Recommendation | 1 academic or professional reference(s) demonstrating your attributes for successful completion of this program (you will request these through the Graduate Admissions Application; let your recommenders know of your deadline to ensure submissions are on time). Letter(s) should be written by external sources familiar with your academic or professional accomplishments. Recommender should include how they know you and in what capacity. | |
| *Unofficial transcripts will be taken into consideration for admissions; however, if admitted into the program, you must submit official transcripts to the University. | ||
Application Deadlines
Applicants are encouraged to have their admission file completed as early as possible. All applications, required documents and letters of recommendation, if applicable, must be submitted by 5:00 PM U.S. Central Time on the day of the deadline. Deadlines are subject to change.
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| Timing on Admission Decision: Completed applications will be reviewed for admission on a rolling basis. Decisions generally will be made and sent to applicants within 4 to 6 weeks of receiving the application. | |||
| Application Deadlines for: | Priority | International | Domestic |
| Spring 2025 | November 1 | December 1 | |
| Summer 2025 | Not Available | Not Available | |
| Fall 2025 | June 1 | August 1 | |
| Spring 2026 | November 1 | December 1 | |
| Summer 2026 | Not Available | Not Available | |
Career Options
UTSA prepares you for future careers that are in demand. The possible careers below is data pulled by a third-party tool called Emsi, which pulls information from sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, online job postings, other government databases and more to give you regional and national career outlook related to this academic program.
- Embrey
- Reata Real Estate Services
- Security Service Federal Credit Union
- The Bank of San Antonio
- USAA Real Estate Company
- Real Estate Principles
- Real Estate Finance and Investment
- Real Estate Construction
- Real Estate Development
- Investment Theory and Problems
- Modeling of Financial Decision Making
- Entrepreneurial Financial Management
- Derivatives Markets and Instruments
