2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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In 2021-2022, 291 people earned their degree in historic preservation & conservation, making the major the 750th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 153 historic preservation & conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 historic preservation & conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in historic preservation & conservation. That schools that top this list have a program in historic preservation & conservation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree historic preservation and conservation students.
Top 9 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clayton State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Morrow, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s historic preservation and conservation students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at Clayton State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Charleston. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 12 masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at College of Charleston
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 10 masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at Savannah College of Art and Design
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s historic preservation and conservation students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at Tulane
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s historic preservation and conservation students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Clemson Historic Preservation & Conservation Report
Virginia Tech did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Historic Preservation & Conservation at Virginia Tech
University of Georgia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Historic Preservation & Conservation at UGA
University of Kentucky ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region list. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 2 masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UK Historic Preservation & Conservation Report
University of Florida came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at University of Florida
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
