High School Senior Real Estate Licensing Program Accepting Applications

April 21, 2025 Homeschool Roster

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee High School Senior Real Estate Licensing Program, which began in 2024 through the Tennessee Real Estate Commission, will begin accepting applications starting Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

The program gives qualifying high school seniors across the Volunteer State a free way to potentially start their real estate sales careers, begin earning money, and get career experience while completing their high school coursework.

The Tennessee Real Estate Commission is part of the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s Regulatory Boards Division.

While the program is aimed at providing an opportunity to high school students, the educational standards needed to become a licensed real estate agent in Tennessee have not been changed for the program. All participants in the high school program must still meet the same qualifications that all other age groups hoping to earn a license must meet.

Other details include:

Students must complete the 60-hour Tennessee Affiliate Broker pre-licensing course as well as the 30-hour Tennessee New Affiliate course through TDCI’s licensing education partners at Kaplan Real Estate Education.
Once students have enrolled, they have 100 days (even after high school graduation) to complete the program.
Upon completion of the courses, students must successfully complete state and national real estate exams.
The program is limited to approximately 150 high school seniors. In the event that selected students do not complete the program, TREC will offer the vacant spots to individuals on the waiting list, in the order in which their applications were received.

While the program is available to all Tennessee graduating seniors, the program has a dedicated focus on Tennessee’s economically distressed counties.

For more information, visit our FAQ page.

Questions? Educators, parents, and students should contact TREC staff by e-mail at [email protected] for additional details.

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