Best Real Estate Broker programs in Texas, ranked by enrollment
Operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions.
24 schools in Texas run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,609 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,390 in Texas across about 2,040 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Texas that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
1 programs in Texas that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Texas (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Texas page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Estatemain feeder CIP 52.1501In Texas → | 1,609 | 100.0% | 24 | $53,788 | $20,765 |
Top 24 schools in Texas
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 24 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 321 | Real Estate | — | 30% | — | — |
| 2 | Dallas College Dallas, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 191 | Real Estate | $34,398 | 32% | — | — |
| 3 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 148 | Real Estate | $68,246 | 86% | $25,823 | 44% |
| 4 | Austin Community College District Austin, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 101 | Real Estate | $36,939 | 20% | — | — |
| 5 | Houston City College Houston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 90 | Real Estate | — | 17% | — | — |
| 6 | Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 88 | Real Estate | — | 27% | — | — |
| 7 | Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 86 | Real Estate | — | 84% | — | 57% |
| 8 | San Antonio College San Antonio, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 67 | Real Estate | — | 26% | — | — |
| 9 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 66 | Real Estate | — | 84% | $33,246 | 63% |
| 10 | Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 60 | Real Estate | — | 34% | — | — |
| 11 | The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 56 | Real Estate | $41,965 | 53% | — | 87% |
| 12 | Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 54 | Real Estate | — | 20% | — | — |
| 13 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 48 | Real Estate | — | 69% | — | 73% |
| 14 | McLennan Community College Waco, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 45 | Real Estate | — | 39% | — | — |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 38 | Real Estate | — | 54% | — | 80% |
| 16 | El Paso Community College El Paso, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 33 | Real Estate | — | 24% | — | — |
| 17 | University of North Texas Denton, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 30 | Real Estate | $44,124 | 61% | — | 72% |
| 18 | South Plains College Levelland, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 24 | Real Estate | — | 29% | — | — |
| 19 | Angelina College Lufkin, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 16 | Real Estate | — | 29% | — | — |
| 20 | Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 15 | Real Estate | — | 31% | — | — |
| 21 | Blinn College District Brenham, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 14 | Real Estate | — | 11% | — | — |
| 22 | Cisco College Cisco, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Real Estate | — | 30% | — | — |
| 23 | Lamar State College - Orange Orange, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Real Estate | — | 37% | — | — |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Real Estate | — | 89% | — | 27% |
All 24 schools in Texas
Every school in Texas with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Community College | Pasadena | Public | 321 | 1 |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Public | 191 | 1 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth | Private not-for-profit | 148 | 1 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Public | 101 | 1 |
| Houston City College | Houston | Public | 90 | 1 |
| Tyler Junior College | Tyler | Public | 88 | 1 |
| Texas A&M University - College Station | College Station | Public | 86 | 1 |
| San Antonio College | San Antonio | Public | 67 | 1 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas | Private not-for-profit | 66 | 1 |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Public | 60 | 1 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio | Public | 56 | 1 |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Public | 54 | 1 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock | Public | 48 | 1 |
| McLennan Community College | Waco | Public | 45 | 1 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Public | 38 | 1 |
What real estate brokers earn in Texas
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $73,220. Texas pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Texas
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Real Estate Brokers page.
How to become a Real Estate Broker
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Texas
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 2 majors mapped to Real Estate Brokers2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 04.1001Real Estate Development
- 52.1501Real Estate
Common questions
Answers for people weighing real estate brokers programs in Texas.
What degree do you need to become a Real Estate Broker?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Real Estate, which awarded 1,609 degrees in Texas in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Real Estate Broker?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Real Estate. Together they graduate about 1,609 people a year in Texas.
How much do real estate brokers earn in Texas?+
The median is $63,390 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 13.4% below the U.S. median of $73,220. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for real estate brokers growing?+
BLS projects a +3.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 9,700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Texas?+
24 institutions in Texas reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do real estate brokers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Broker, Realtor, Managing Broker, Real Estate Broker among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 41-9021.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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