Why Pursue a Real Estate Finance and Development Bachelor's Degree
UT San Antonio’s Real Estate Finance and Development degree is grounded by a firm academic foundation and strong connections with leaders in the real estate industry. The program allows for specialized real estate training and emphasizes industry engagement and applied activities. The coursework involves accounting, management and finance tailored specifically to the real estate sector. After graduating, you will be able to explore career opportunities in areas like financial analysis, market analysis, mortgage banking, real estate development and real estate investment.
Why Choose Real Estate Finance and Development?
You’ll have the option of learning a particular business competency as you work toward completing your degree. These competencies are available through elective courses and aim to develop a greater set of marketable skills for business majors. The competencies available for Real Estate Finance and Development majors are:
- Analytics
- Entrepreneurship
- International business
- Leading change
- Modeling
- Risk management
Admission Requirements
When you apply to UT San Antonio, you select the major you'd like to study. The choice of major will not impact if you get admitted to the University (all students must meet UT San Antonio's general admission requirements); however, some majors will require additional admission requirements to be able to declare the major your freshman year.
| Real Estate Finance and Development: To major in this program, you must meet UT San Antonio’s general admission requirements and have completed MAT 1053 Mathematics for Business (TCCN: MATH 1324) or higher with grade of C- or better. Students who do not meet these requirements, but meet UT San Antonio’s general admission requirements, will be admitted into Business Studies, where students will be able to work towards meeting the pre-requisites needed to declare their business major. |
Scholarships
Pro Tip: Even if you don't think you will qualify for financial aid, you should still submit the FAFSA! Information from the FAFSA could impact certain scholarships that are even merit-based.
UT San Antonio Scholarship Hub
Through one general scholarship application, you can automatically be considered for dozens of scholarships at UT San Antonio, including scholarships that are available for this major. In order to access all available scholarship applications on the UT San Antonio Scholarship Hub, you must be an admitted student. If you are a student applying for admission, but have not yet been admitted, you may sign in and complete the Scholarship Hub’s General Application as long as you have authenticated your myUTSA ID and Passphrase. Once you are admitted to UT San Antonio, please sign back in to the Scholarship Hub to see if there are any additional scholarship opportunities available for you to pursue.
UT San Antonio Scholarship Hub Alvarez College of Business Scholarships
Distinguished Scholarship
UT San Antonio offers an automatic merit-based scholarship to incoming new freshman and transfer students who display exceptional scholastic achievement in high school by the priority deadline. Non-resident and international students awarded a Distinguished Scholarship for a minimum of $1,000 for the academic year will be granted a waiver for non-resident tuition if scholarship eligibility is maintained. This means out-of-state and international students could pay in-state tuition! For fall admitted freshmen, this scholarship is valued up to $20,000 for up to four years. For fall or spring admitted transfer students, this scholarship is valued up to $6,000 for up to two years. Renewal eligibility must be maintained and funding must be available.
Distinguished ScholarshipsUT San Antonio Bold Promise
Although not a scholarship, UT San Antonio is committed to cover tuition and mandatory fees 100% for eligible students who come from low and middle-income Texas families.
UT San Antonio Bold Promise
Careers, Salary & Skills
UT San Antonio prepares you for future careers that are in demand. See possible careers below. This data is pulled by a third-party tool called Emsi, which pulls data 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. On top of the resources your college will provide, the University Career Center offers several resources to help students identify and develop the global skills necessary to successfully pursue and achieve lifelong career goals.
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Minors & Certificates
After selecting a major area of study and enrolling at UT San Antonio, degree-seeking students can choose from a variety of minors and certificates to supplement their education. Although not required, minors and certificates can help students customize their UT San Antonio experience based on their passions and unique career goals.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The UT San Antonio BBA in Real Estate Finance and Development combines business fundamentals with specialized real estate training. With strong industry connections, the program emphasizes applied activities and engagement so you understand how projects are planned, financed, developed and managed. Students develop strengths in real estate finance, development and construction basics, market and financial analysis, accounting and management for real estate and investment and valuation concepts. Highlights include Industry engagement and applied activities. You’ll also have access to advising and career resources that help connect your coursework to internships, professional development and post-graduation opportunities.
In this program, you’ll take a mix of finance and real estate-specific courses. Required major courses include Principles of Real Estate, Mortgage Banking and Real Estate Finance, Principles of Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Law, Principles of Construction for Real Estate Professionals and Principles of Sustainable Real Estate Development.
These courses help you build a foundation in real estate finance, law, construction and development. You’ll also complete additional upper-division real estate coursework, which may include classes such as Real Estate Decision Making, Real Estate Contracts, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Data Analysis and Real Estate Appraisal depending on your plan and electives.
With this degree, you can prepare for careers in several parts of the real estate industry. Career paths exist in areas such as financial analysis, market analysis, mortgage banking, real estate development and real estate investment. Because this UT San Antonio program combines business, finance and real estate coursework, you can also build skills that apply to roles tied to project planning, property analysis and real estate decision-making. The curriculum is especially useful if you want a career that blends finance and business strategy with real estate development and investment.
This program prepares you for the industry by combining specialized real estate coursework with industry engagement and applied activities. This UT San Antonio degree is grounded in strong connections with real estate industry leaders and emphasizes applied learning, which helps you connect classroom learning to professional practice. You can also gain direct experience through RFD 4923: Internship in Real Estate, a supervised internship that requires at least 200 hours of work with a real estate professional. In that internship, you’ll apply concepts and techniques from your courses in a real-world setting and complete a written report.
The BBA in Real Estate Finance and Development program offers numerous opportunities for professional development. Closely tied to the local real estate community, our students attend industry meetings and conference to gain not only insights about the industry, but also to develop professional connections within the community. Participation in student organizations such as The Real Estate Society allows students to develop leadership skills and connections to enhance their industry knowledge. Additional professional experience is developed through coursework like the Real Estate Seminar, which features weekly presentations on current real estate topics. These experiences can help you build your resume and prepare for the real estate industry while you are still a student.
The Honors Experience
Realize your full potential at The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Honors College. Rooted in experiential learning, our classes and programs are hands-on, project-based, and customizable to fit your individual goals. Students in any majors can get invited to our Honors College. Turn your passions into marketable skills for the future!
Why Join Honors?
“UTSA exudes beauty, diversity and convenience. The faculty, staff and student organizations are nice and open, and are constantly looking to get their students involved.”
Why UT San Antonio?
Take what you learn in the classroom and apply it through real world experiences. Participate in a global immersion program, intern at a business or non-profit organization, join a business student organization, or conduct academic research to gain marketable skills and competencies in your chosen profession.
The college offers personalized career preparation programs and support for business students to find competitive internships and full-time positions. From Wall Street to major technology companies and Big Four accounting firms, our Roadrunners are making their mark in the world. Our new Career Compass program provides comprehensive professional development experience equipping business students with the knowledge, skills and experiences needed to thrive in today’s job market.
The Alvarez College offers personalized career preparation programs and support for business students to find competitive internships and full-time positions. Our Roadrunners are working on Wall Street, with major technology companies and at Big Four accounting firms.
Student Success
The Alvarez Student Success Center is a one-stop resource designed to help you achieve your academic, personal and professional goals. Receive tutoring, find internships, connect with industry professionals and enhance your professional development skills through the center’s comprehensive programming.