Property Management Schools

As a professor or instructor of property management classes at one of the 489 accredited property management schools in the country, you play a crucial role in shaping the future of this growing field. The trends in the property management academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below, which includes property management training at the following levels:

Property Management Certificate
Associates degree in Property Management
Bachelors degree in Property Management
Masters degree in Property Management
PhD degree in Property Management

Statistics

Professional Trends

National Employment growth for Property management professionals

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
156,880	159,660	159,700	150,850	147,110

Dark Yellow: Actual Values

147,110 property management professionals were working in the US in the year 2010. Over the course of the past 4 years, this number has shrunk by 6%.

This decline is faster than the growth for all careers between the years 2006 and 2010, which was 1%. Until 2018 this trend is expected to contine.

National Salary percentiles for Property management professionals

10th percentile	$26,180
25th percentile	$36,430
50th percentile	$51,480
75th percentile	$75,150
90th percentile	$111,320

The median yearly salary earned by property management professionals, in 2010, was $51,480. This is 8% less than the national median salary for all professions, which was $68,155 per year.

National Median Salary Growth For Property Management

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$43,070	$43,670	$46,130	$48,460	$51,480

Light Blue: Salaries

Between the years 2006 and 2010, salaries for property management professionals have grown by 20%.

Educational Trends

National Property Management Student enrollment growth by degree

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
696	750	744	774	765
3,706	3,887	3,952	3,956	3,875
17	14	10	22	19
719	831	847	853	859
5,090	4,407	4,117	3,500	3,922

Yellow: Associate's Degree in Property Management
Blue: Bachelor's Degree in Property Management
Red: Doctorates Degree in Property Management
Light blue: Master's Degree in Property Management
Grey: Certificate in Property Management

We are seeing a rapid change in the career outlook for property management professionals. However, the story on the educational front is quite different. In the year 2006 there were 10,228 students who graduated from property management degree programs across the country, while in the year 2010, there were 9,440 students graduating from property management schools.

This represents a 8% change in the number of graduates. This decline in the number of students graduating from property management courses is less than the change nationally for students graduating from institutions for higher education in general, which has been a 12% growth from 2006 to 2010.

Property Management Programs offered Nationwide

associate	155
bachelor	152
master	57
doctor	5
Certificate	229
Total	598

It is interesting to note that while student graduation is down, the number of schools offering property management programs has increased. In 2006 there were 117 property management schools across the nation, and in 2010, there were 489 schools.

Property Management Faculty Salaries

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