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TOP 10 REASONS TO CHANGE YOUR MAJOR 1. It's where the money is! No, really. According to Census Bureau statistics, the majority of all individual wealth in the United States is held in the form of residential property. 2. Hey, since Super Bowl MVPs Hines Ward and Terrell Davis graduated from the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics - why not you? 3. Atlanta is the headquarters for many of the nation's most prestigious residential property management firms such as Post Properties and Trammell Crow Residential. 4. You can join the National Association of Home Builders student chapter! 5. Many of your potential employers believe in the program so strongly that they are also major contributing supporters (see the employers page). 6. If you ever join the NASCAR circuit you can impress friends by telling them you have a degree in R.P.M. (Don't mention that it's an abbreviation for Residential Property Management). 7. Talk about growth! From 1990 to 2005 the value of U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts (like contributing employer Post Properties) grew from $8.7 billion to $330 billion. 8. You can be the first of your friends to try Dr. Carswell's brand new "residential property management: simulation and technology" course. 9. The department is home to the prestigious Housing and Demographics Research Center. 10. Take just one class from Debbie Phillips, and you won't need nine other reasons! |
