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2025 Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools

3 Colleges in the United States
98 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,326 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in historic preservation, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #285 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 bachelor's degrees in historic preservation during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Historic Preservation School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools The historic preservation bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for historic preservation students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Historic Preservation in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in historic preservation.

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Historic Preservation

1
13 Annual Graduates

University of Delaware is a good option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in historic preservation. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in historic preservation from University of Delaware

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College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

It is difficult to beat College of Charleston if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in historic preservation. C of C is a large public college located in the midsize city of Charleston.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the historic preservation program make an average of $35,326 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in historic preservation from College of Charleston

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University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA
34 Annual Graduates

University of Mary Washington is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in historic preservation. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Fredericksburg, UMW is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in historic preservation from University of Mary Washington

Historic Preservation by Region

View the Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Historic Preservation is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Historic Preservation Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Historic Preservation & Conservation 96
Other Historic Preservation & Conservation 2

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 20,010
Interdisciplinary Studies 7,757
International Studies 5,174
Nutrition Science 3,456
Cognitive Science 2,797
Biological & Physical Science 2,426
Human Biology 1,867
Behavioral Science 1,746
Sustainability Science 1,639
Data Science 1,639

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