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Careers

Results That Launch Careers

93
accepted job offers within six months of graduation
83,820
average starting salary

Career Paths

Common areas of employment

  • Acquisitions
  • Affordable housing
  • Asset management
  • Brokerage
  • Community development
  • Corporate real estate
  • Development
  • Leasing and sales
  • Lending
  • Portfolio management
  • Public administration
  • Real estate finance
  • Research
  • Valuation

Common job titles

  • Acquisitions analyst/associate
  • Appraisal analyst/associate
  • Development analyst/associate
  • Financial analyst/associate
  • Real estate investment analyst/associate
  • Transaction real estate analyst/associate
  • Development/commercial lending officer
  • Housing/Real estate specialist
  • Project manager

Companies that hire real estate professionals

  • Dominium
  • First Industrial Realty Trust
  • Goldman Sachs
  • JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)
  • JP Morgan Chase & Co.
  • Northwestern Mutual Real Estate
  • NorthMarq Capital
  • Wells Fargo

The Career Team: Focused on You

Career Management Team

Work with a skilled team of career coaches to develop and accomplish your individual career goals. Our personalized approach and small class size mean you benefit from one-on-one support, from career coaching, personal branding, and resume support, to interview preparation, and job offer evaluation and negotiation.

Jean Sink

Jean Sink

Director of Career Management

Jean brings deep expertise in executive and career coaching, drawing on experience in staffing, recruitment, higher‑ed enrollment, and career management. With over 15 years coaching teams, individual contributors, new managers, emerging leaders, and senior executives, she is passionate about helping professionals break through plateaus and advance their development, achievement, and long‑term career trajectory.

Laura L Berkan

Laura Berkan

Assistant Director of Career Management

As a UW–Madison alumna and seasoned business professional, Laura is committed to helping other Badgers achieve their career goals by building job acquisition skills to last a lifetime. Her experience spans multiple industries, including banking, insurance, investments, non-profit fundraising, business coaching/consulting, recruiting, and as an entrepreneur owning a boutique career consulting firm.

Employer Relations Team

The experienced employer relations team connects you with companies and industries where you want to work. We partner with leading companies from across the nation and around the globe that recruit and hire our students, year after year.

Leslie Taylor

Leslie Taylor

Director of Employer and Corporate Relations
Connor Grey Perkins

Connor Perkins

Operations and Communications Coordinator
Amanda Kost

Amanda Kost

Assistant Director of Employer Relations
Karl Galko

Karl Galko

Assistant Director of Employer Relations

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