Explore the RED Student Experience

What RED students say about our program:

"Many professors have worked or still do work in the field and can offer a ton of real-world knowledge which they have based their assignments around. Great place to network with like-minded people." - RED Student 1

"It's very hands-on, you learn current and past market conditions. You apply technical courses such as economic, finance, statistics to the current housing market. Interesting and flexible major." - RED Student 2

"The department is top notch. From top to bottom, everyone in the department is accessible to students and are interested in our success. Furthermore, the skills and information that is taught is applicable to the outside world." - RED Student 3

"I would recommend this program to other students because it's more of an analytical major and rather than getting a general finance or business degree, this has a direction and it's a specific industry. In addition, there is always going to be a demand for housing or real estate because people will always need a place to eat, sleep, and work." - RED Student 4

"Since the RED major is under the USP department, it provides a very holistic understanding to real estate. Not just in terms of learning about financial and market analysis, but also the broader community context and land use regulations. I also like that RED uses San Diego as a learning and living lab where students go out and do site visits. It's very practical in that it helps bring in real life projects and you get to work on real life sites in San Diego." - RED Student 5

"In one sentence, please describe what your education has encompassed/offered you so far" (Student Reps Survey 2025).