Employment
Employment Statistics | Hiring | Real Estate Career Forum
Employment Statistics
Graduates and students of the MBA Real Estate Program take on leadership roles in all segments of the industry including investing, asset management, development, and launching entrepreneurial endeavors.
Breakdown by Industry Segment: 2019
| Industry Segment | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Investment Banking | 20% |
| Commercial Banking | 0% |
| Investment Management/Private Equity | 47% |
| Development | 15% |
| REIT | 8% |
| Other Related Services | 8% |
Breakdown by Geographical Location: 2019
| Location | Percentage |
|---|---|
| NY Metro | 72% |
| Other US | 19% |
| International | 9% |
Select Employers—2018*
Investment Banking/Commercial Banking
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Eastdil Secured
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan
Macquarie Capital
Morgan Stanley*
PJT Partners
UBS
Investment Management/Private Equity
American Asset Corporation
American Capital Partners
Apollo Global Management
Beachwold Residential*
Beacon Capital Partners
Castle Hill Investors
Embarcadero Capital Partners
Exeter Property Group
Gaw Capital
Greystar*
Grupo Sidercom
Invesco*
KKR
Madison Capital
Madison Realty Capital
Normandy Real Estate Partners
Nuveen Real Estate
Olayan Group
Related Companies
Servicios Fiancieros Progresso
Spear Street Capital
Development
Allied Partners
Blue Sky Real Estate Services and Development
Douglaston Development
Related **
The McDevitt Company
REIT
Boston Properties**
Welltower*
Other Related Services
Conti Group
Man Group
Mann Enterprises / Metropolis Investment Holdings / Sunbelt Investment Holdings
Meyer Bergman
NBC Universal
Nova
NYCEDC
Standard International
WeWork
*Includes both full-time and summer internship placements
**Denotes more than one intern and/or full-time hire
Hiring
Recruiting for full-time positions and summer internships occurs both on- and off- campus. Firms come to campus to lead information sessions, participate in career fairs, and interview candidates for open full-time or summer internship positions. Off-campus, firms host events in their offices or utilize online resources to recruit students or alumni.
To share a job posting with current Real Estate students, please send a job description and application instructions to Tricia Philip-Rao.
If you would like to broaden your search, the Columbia Business School Career Management Center's comprehensive recruiting program can help you attract candidates for your anticipated openings and as-needed hiring requirements. You can post open positions within your organization on the CMC website to recruit Columbia Business School’s current students and alumni. Please contact Nicholas Kalogeropoulos for further details or if you have additional questions about real estate recruiting at Columbia Business School.
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Senior Associate Director, Employer Relations
Columbia Business School Career Management Center
(212) 854-1926
nk36@gsb.columbia.edu
Real Estate Career Forum
The Columbia Business School Real Estate Association, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, and the Career Management Center co-host an Annual Real Estate Career Forum during the spring semester.
The forum is an opportunity for real estate companies to introduce themselves, share ideas, and network with current Columbia Business School students. This event offers real estate organizations a unique opportunity to forge deeper ties with the Columbia Business School community and potentially recruit future business leaders.
The eleventh annual Real Estate Career Forum was held on February 21, 2020 at the Princeton Club of New York.
The date for the 2021 Real Estate Career Forum will be announed in the Fall.