<p>I am planning on going to UMich and going to Ross. I want to be a real estate developer some day. Do they have Real Estate as one of their business administration focuses (foci?)? I know it’s not a top 10 school for real estate, but would going there make it hard to find a job in real estate (I assume it’s already hard enough with the economy)? Would it be a lot easier to go to a school like Wisconsin or Georgia?</p>
<p>Real Estate is very regional. Given that, you probably wouldn’t want to attend Georgia unless you wanted to live in the Southeast upon graduation.</p>
<p>I do not think you would be at any great disadvantage going to Ross. I have met Ross alumni in real estate, and assume that they have a pretty large network.</p>
<p>Commercial real estate is a subset of finance, and Ross does have a defined set of courses that you should take to go into real estate:</p>
<p>[BBA</a> Program - Finance Department - Stephen M. Ross School of Business](<a href=“Faculty Academic Areas | Michigan Ross”>Faculty Academic Areas | Michigan Ross)</p>
<p>Looks good to me.</p>
<p>Very few Ross people follow the RE track and I doubt many of the major RE firms recruit there as there are few RE focus kids to recruit.</p>
<p>^ Recruiting is less important than the alumni contacts that the school can provide as many jobs are found by word of mouth. While I’m certain that Wisconsin has a much more extensive real estate network, I have a hard time believing that Michigan does not also have a good network. There are at least 3 billionaire real estate moguls who graduated from UM: Sam Zell, Jorge Perez, and Stephen Ross (the school’s namesake). </p>
<p>Given Ross’s strengths in finance and it’s real estate course offerings, it is hard for me to believe that there aren’t a decent number of students that enter into real estate (particularly in the higher paying areas which are more finance focused).</p>
<p>FWIW, I know someone who has been quite successful in real estate out of Ohio State of all places.</p>