2023 Most Focused Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in the New England Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Historic Preservation & Conservation is the 750th most popular major in the country with 291 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 20 historic preservation & conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in historic preservation & conservation. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their historic preservation & conservation program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region historic preservation and conservation students.
Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in the New England Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #1 spot on the list. Newport, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s historic preservation and conservation degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Full Salve Regina University Historic Preservation & Conservation Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 5 ’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Full UVM Historic Preservation & Conservation Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s historic preservation and conservation students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 RWU
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 3 ’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at Boston University
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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.
