"As a branch manager at M&T bank, I began dealing with small business lending and relationship management. I really became interested in the analysis of tax returns and how we determined if a business was able to get funding from the bank. This became especially interesting when I began working with a few real estate deals. At that point, I knew I wanted to work in the commercial real estate space and decided that the fastest way for me to get there was through the MS-READ program at Penn State and Smeal."

"The faculty in the Penn State Smeal Master of Science in Real Estate Analysis & Development (MS-READ) program are coming from prestigious schools. The quality of the education imbued by these professors puts Smeal right up there with top universities around the world."

"We found that many career opportunities in real estate now require the specific analytic skills that you can obtain from a master's or even doctoral-level programs. Our program is designed to provide those skills for students to gain entry into the world of large institutional-grade investment analysis and decision-making."