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Careers

Being a Steers Center student means having the ability to create a portfolio of real estate experiences. Not only do you have access to excellent classes at a top tier institution, you also have the Real Estate Clinic and Laboratory that allows you to apply your learning. Living in Washington D.C. gives you the critical advantage of access to a gateway real estate market and the opportunity to have internships year-round with leading real estate companies. In addition, you have a connection to more than 160,000 Georgetown alumni in 110 countries around the world which allows our students to have abundant networking opportunities.

One of the hallmarks of our program is our dedicated focus on finding students employment. Each one of our faculty and alumni is focused on finding students internships and full-time employment. The faculty views this as a partnership with the students and play an active role with the career centers both at the undergraduate and MBA level in assisting students with their job placement and internships.

The Undergraduate Office of Professional Development and the MBA Career Center work in concert with the real estate faculty to offer comprehensive career management guidance and coaching that is aligned by industry to cultivate opportunities specific to each individual.

“There is tremendous opportunity to marry the Steers Center for Global Real Estate within Georgetown McDonough to the world class real estate community we have in Washington, D.C.” – Dean Cinkala, Former Principal, The JBG Companies

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MBA Statistics

  • Nearly 80 percent of real estate jobs and internships are obtained in the Washington, D.C., and New York City metropolitan areas.
  • The average 2016 MBA real estate graduate obtained a base salary of $94,250.
  • Seventy-eight percent of students that have obtained real estate jobs in the past three years also participated in real estate internships, suggesting a strong correlation between internships and permanent job placements.

Full-time Job Locations – 2016

50% Washington, D.C. Metro
18% New York
27% Other U.S. Locations
5%  International

Job Titles
Assistant Vice President
Associate
Development Associate
Finance Associate
Investment Associate
Investment Banking Associate
Land Acquisition Manager
Project Manager

Undergraduate Stats

  • In 2016, 90% of business students obtain full-time employment soon within 3 months of graduation.
  • The average base salary for a real estate undergraduate is approximately $68,000.

Full-time Job Locations – 2016

67% Washington, D.C. Metro
33% New York

Job Titles
Acquisitions Analyst
Financial Analyst
Investment Analyst
Investment Banking Analyst
Underwriting Analyst

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Representative employer names

ASB Capital Management

AvalonBay

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Blackstone Real Estate

Choice Hotels International

Cohen & Steers

Credit Suisse

Deloitte

Douglas Development Corporation

Eastdil Secured

Goldman Sachs

The JBG Smith

JP Morgan

KPMG

Macerich

Morgan Stanley

M & T Bank

Property Group Partners Developments, LLC

PwC

RBC Capital Markets

Realterm Global

RXR

Silverstein Properties

Starwood Property Trust

Tishman Speyer

Vornado Realty Trust

Wafra Corp

Westbrook