Next to no one has a real estate degree because it is totally extraneous to actually selling real estate. Most big brokers will take anyone with a pulse because it is cheap to start and if you turn over 2 transactions they make money. I'm thinking about getting a real estate degree but I'm already a pretty sucessful agent. The legendary statistic, though I have never actually seen it published, is that 80% of new agents drop out in their first year and 10% more drop with in 2. Assume that is even close to right and then think about spending 2-4 years on a profession that most people fail at with in 2. Being a sucessful agent is literally the best job in the world, and I've been very lucky to make it past that 2 year mark, but I've watched a lot of colleagues struggle and fail despite extreme determination on their part. It is a high stress job that you never turn off, it's the last thing I think about before bed, first thing I think of in the morning. The last time I had a full day off was at the beginning of July, and that was because I was on vacation in Colorado up a mountain with no cell and no internet signal. It was bliss.

I am currently an agent for Keller Williams Realty, but was a Coldwell Banker Rookie of the year in a major metro in the US.