2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 336 people earned their degree in historic preservation and conservation, making the major the 710th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 166 historic preservation and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 historic preservation and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in historic preservation and conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality historic preservation and conservation programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the historic preservation and conservation program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$19,000 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified bachelors’s historic preservation and conservation students in 2019-2020.

C of C also took the #1 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $19,000 for southeast region bachelor’s degree historic preservation and conservation students with aid per year to attend College of Charleston.

Read full report on Historic Preservation & Conservation at C of C

#2

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$43,641 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. SCAD is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s historic preservation and conservation degrees to qualified students.

SCAD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Savannah College of Art and Design is $43,641 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Historic Preservation and Conservation students with aid.

Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at SCAD

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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