BBA in Real Estate Investments
Hi All,

I currently study finance at Baruch; however my interest in CRE has grown after working in retail leasing and think I want to switch majors into the Real Estate Program @ Baruch.

Does anyone have any insight on Real Estate Degrees? 

[{"id": "cpw16l6", "text": "Thats basically what I have.  For BBA you declared an integral &amp; focus which were equal hours I think, with one being more broad and the other applicable.  Mine was finance and real estate.  \n\nWhat I got from the RE side that I didn't get from the finance side was mainly applications and courses in appraisal, development, property management, real estate law, etc.  \n\nI think it has served me well and prepared me well for a career in CRE.  Most importantly, it introduced me to a lot of people who were alumni and professionals and were involved in the program.  \n\nI know nothing about Baruch though.", "replies": [{"id": "cpw3wuf", "text": "Thanks for the insight, what do you currently do in CRE? ", "replies": [{"id": "cpw3xcm", "text": "Investment brokerage", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cpwamf1", "text": "I think you're bette off studying finance.\n\nFinance/Business is a very vocational major and real estate would be more so. With a finance major you'll learn many broader concepts than if you were restricted to a real estate major.\n\nThe reality is that CRE is something you will learn on the job. No reason to make it your core study. ", "replies": [{"id": "cpwmilj", "text": "despite my other comment, I'd absolutely agree if Finance wasn't a large part of the RE program.  \n\nIf the re program is good I think you can headstart that education pretty efficiently and cut on the job training way down.  \n\nI'm working with a sample size of 1 so I'm trying not to be too universal, but the way mine was it was almost like a dual major.  I took all the finance anyone took.  Then took some more that was geared towards RE.  \n\nI'm guessing this depends greatly on school though.  I was lucky to have a lot of really good adjuncts.  My appraisal class was taught by an MAI.  My real estate finance and development courses (which were basically just how to apply capitalization, leverage, DCF etc to RE after having already learned those things in core finance classes) were taught by a developer who had done about a billion dollars in 20+ years for a major national developer.  After I left there was some kind of shake up and they pushed the adjuncts out for phd's who had a lot of papers published.  From what I heard the quality of instruction went way down, so maybe OP should look out for that.  \n\nI didn't go to harvard or anything, I think we were ranked somewhere in the 30's for real estate when I graduated.  There has to be good RE programs out there similar to mine I'd imagine.\n\nWe also had the opportunity to meet many re professionals, tour developments, attend banquet style events with professional level speakers that local brokers, lenders, developers, etc would pay to come listen to and give us an opportunity to get to know them.\n\nOne of the reasons I got my current job is the person hiring knew several of my references because he went through the same program as me and was an involved alumni.  If I had just done finance I'd have never met any of those people.\n\nI guess tldr-  make sure whatever you take has a lot of finance.  If you ditch RE entirely you can still work in other finance related careers.  Find one that has a lot of networking opportunities.  Find one that has a lot of folks who actually do this shit for a living vs writing papers.", "replies": [{"id": "cpx6tao", "text": "thats exactly the opportunity my school offers  \n\n", "replies": [{"id": "cpx99xt", "text": "Would you receive a BBA in Finance w/ a concentration in Real Estate or would it be a BBA in Real Estate? If it's the latter I just don't think it's a good idea for the reasons mentioned above.\n\nI would stick w/ the finance major then take the real estate courses as electives or sit it on the classes -&gt; join the real estate club -&gt; meet the real estate professors\n\nI consider Baruch to be a top notch school for finance which can open a lot of doors both in and out of the industry. I think if the real estate market turns that as a graduate a straight finance degree will make you more marketable in general. ", "replies": [{"id": "cpx9kek", "text": "its a BBA in Real Estate investments, but the courses are extremely similar to finance ", "replies": [{"id": "cpx9pwo", "text": "Do you have a break down of the courses you would take... Core + Major in the finance vs real estate investments major? I think it could turn out to be a mistake when anything you really need to know for real estate you can learn on the job in a matter of days/weeks. ", "replies": [{"id": "cpxcb4h", "text": "Core + business core + 3 finance electives + plus 4 real estate courses ", "replies": [{"id": "cpxdvd4", "text": "Can you complete a double major?", "replies": [], "depth": 8}], "depth": 7}], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]