2023 Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Historic Preservation for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Historic Preservation is the 296th most popular major in the country with 416 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, historic preservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,439 and had an average of $22,124 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 72 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,313 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Historic Preservation for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in historic preservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great historic preservation programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the historic preservation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Historic Preservation for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Historic Preservation for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Historic Preservation for a Master’s. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s historic preservation students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 28,890 students enrolled at Johns Hopkins, 4 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,793. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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.
Full Johns Hopkins Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Historic Preservation for a Master’s. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s historic preservation students in 2020-2021.
UD also made our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 364 of the 23,613 students enrolled at University of Delaware were GI Bill® students, of which 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,229. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UD]](/colleges/university-of-delaware/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Historic Preservation for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #3 spot on the 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 degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Columbia supports 30,135 students, and 739 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 467 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,069. During this same period, 328 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York Veteran Student Life 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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