2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in New York (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New York, there were 38 historic preservation and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 historic preservation and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New York 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the historic preservation and conservation program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The historic preservation and conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in New York (With Aid)

#1

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194.

Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at Columbia

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Cornell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cornell Historic Preservation & Conservation Report

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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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