B.S. in Real Estate Development
For over 30 years, the Price School has been a pioneer in real estate education, being one of the first academic institutions to offer degrees in real estate. The Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development (BRED) provides the tools you’ll need to transform communities around the world.
Hone skills to shape cities and communities.
Real estate professionals transform the communities we live. With a Bachelor’s in Real Estate Development, you’ll gain expertise in finance, urban planning, architectural design, and public policy to navigate an increasingly complex profession. You’ll put classroom knowledge into action with internships and capstone projects — graduating ready to take on the meaningful challenges of a career in real estate.
Why Choose Price?
With your real estate development degree from USC Price, you’ll gain comprehensive knowledge of the field as well as practical, hands-on experience.
Comprehensive
You’ll explore the full context of real estate’s role in shaping society by developing foundational skills and drilling down into specializations.
Applied Learning
You’ll build your resume well before graduation through internships, case studies, and projects in which you’ll work on real-world projects.
Learn from Leaders
Our faculty are experts in the field and have worked in all aspects of real estate — from government and finance to transportation, brokerage and more.
Connected
Be it through the classroom, guest speakers, career services, student organizations, or the Trojan Family network, you’ll have access to a vast network of people who will help launch your career.
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Financial Aid
Explore scholarships that provide partial tuition support to students enrolled in the Price School’s academic degree programs or are USC-affiliated scholarships that are campus-wide.
Preparing You to Succeed
Outside of the classroom, you will be encouraged to reflect on the role you would like to play in shaping our cities. Through career counseling and numerous extracurricular programs, all of our students gain an understanding of the full range of career options in real estate. In addition, internship experiences provide direct exposure to the workings of real estate firms and allow you to apply skills learned in the classroom to real-world situations.
Students are also encouraged to take advantage of two notable networks within the real estate program:
USC Trojan Real Estate Association provides a forum for undergraduate students to establish their network of contacts, a necessary resource for the industry. Each year TREA hosts alumni speaker panels, site visits to projects under construction, and opportunities to meet with real estate employers.
The USC Lusk Center for Real Estate is world renowned as one of the most prominent real estate research centers. Each year, the Lusk Center convenes industry leaders, students, and faculty in seminars, workshops, symposia, and forums to examine the current state of the industry and to anticipate future opportunities and challenges. The Lusk Center also houses the USC Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast.
Explore Minors and Progressive Degrees
Add a minor to further specialize your skillset, or get your master’s degree in just five years with our progressive degrees.
Undergraduate Minors
Students enrolled in a USC undergraduate degree program may pursue a minor in the Price School of Public Policy. Our interdisciplinary minors can counterbalance or complement a main area of study.
Progressive Degrees
For a select number of exceptional students in the PPD major and USC undergraduate community, USC offers the opportunity to complete a graduate master’s degree while finishing their undergraduate degree. For most programs, students emerge with both degrees in five years, ready to excel in the professional workplace.
For admissions information, please email [email protected].
Richard K. Green
Professor and Lusk Chair in Real Estate
Chair, Wilbur H. Smith III Department of Real Estate Development
Mary Lynne Boorn
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Vice Chair for the USC Price Wilbur H. Smith III Department of Real Estate Development
Russ Sommer
Program Manager,
Real Estate Development
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Ashley Flinn
Program Administrator,
Real Estate Development
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Bella Benson
Student Services Advisor,
Real Estate Development
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