Master’s
Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development (MRED)
Important Dates
Summer 2025
- Final & Scholarship Deadline: February 1, 2025
Created in 1986, USC’s MRED degree is among the oldest and most respected among the few graduate degrees focused on real estate in the country. Focused on fundamentals with an eye towards innovation, the USC Price Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development will help you become a standout in real estate.
Build environments for people to live, work, and thrive.
Whether your goal is to advance housing equity or create the next innovative retail experience, the Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) will prepare you to shape the future of real estate. You will gain the advanced training to navigate every aspect of the real estate industry as an organizer of the built environment. Equipped with a deep understanding of real estate finance and governance, you’ll have a detailed understanding of the risks, rewards, and responsibilities that come with real estate development so that communities worldwide can thrive.
Why choose Price?
A masters in real estate development from USC Price will transform you into an expert in all facets of real estate.
Foundational and Innovative
Our curriculum is always evolving and growing but never strays from the vital fundamentals necessary to be a successful real estate professional.
Practice Meets Learning
Developers, architects, planners, and other professionals join our renowned full-time faculty to bring cutting-edge relevance and experience to the classroom.
Industry Connected
USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate serves as the liaison between the academia and industry, offering professional development and unique opportunities to connect.
Local and Global Impact
Los Angeles provides a rich urban environment to study and work, but you’ll also train to work internationally with overseas studies trips around the world.
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Join faculty, students, and alumni for live information sessions to learn more about the application process, financial services, and program curriculum. Students who attend can have their application fee waived.
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Real Estate Development Degree Return on Investment
| Earnings 1 year after completion | $123,932 |
| Earnings 10 years after completion | $250,439 |
| Return on investment | $4,214,687 |
Financial Aid
Numerous financial aid opportunities are available for grad students.
Learn the Foundation and Become an Innovator
USC Price’s Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program has a long tradition of providing education focused on real estate fundamentals, and recent market fluctuations have only served to sharpen our commitment to this legacy.
Created in 1986, USC’s MRED degree is among the oldest and most respected among the few graduate degrees focused on real estate in the country.
We believe leadership requires looking ahead. While our curriculum is always evolving to meet the needs of our students, the structure remains constant: fundamentals matter and USC Dollinger MRED graduates leave the program skilled as complete real estate professionals.
Our courses combine lectures, cases and active engagement with the industry so you can experience and master all facets of real estate’s tasks and challenges, including:
- finance and deal structuring
- market analysis
- site planning
- political approvals
- project management
Contact Us
Russ Sommer
Program Manager,
Real Estate Development
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Ashley Flinn
Program Administrator,
Real Estate Development
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Sierra Wilkie,
Admissions Counselor
(213) 740-0399
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