If you're seeking a degree in historic preservation, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #296 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of historic preservation. Combined, these schools handed out 380 degrees in historic preservation to qualified students.
The historic preservation program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Historic Preservation rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for historic preservation schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Historic Preservation Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Historic Preservation in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the historic preservation degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in historic preservation needs to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 historic preservation students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the historic preservation program at Columbia University in the City of New York make $8,181 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Johns Hopkins University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in historic preservation. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 historic preservation students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
University of Delaware is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in historic preservation. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 3 schools for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were approximately 18 historic preservation students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in historic preservation needs to look into College of Charleston. C of C is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Charleston. This college ranks 6th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 29 historic preservation students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the historic preservation program make around $35,326 in the first couple years of working.
Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #95 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 historic preservation students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 6 historic preservation students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize suburb of Fredericksburg, UMW is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 31 historic preservation students who graduated with this degree at UMW in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The historic preservation program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Historic Preservation rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for historic preservation schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
