2025 Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Historic Preservationbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #285 out of the 363 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for historic preservation students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 58 bachelor's degrees in historic preservation to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on historic preservation students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of historic preservation students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for historic preservation to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized historic preservation related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Historic Preservation Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Historic Preservation in the Southeast Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for historic preservation students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Historic Preservation

1

College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

22 Annual Graduates

$35,326 Median Starting Salary

College of Charleston is a good choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in historic preservation. C of C is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

After graduation, historic preservation bachelor's recipients usually earn around $35,326 in their early careers.

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

2

University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA

34 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in historic preservation needs to take a look at University of Mary Washington. Located in the midsize 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

Best Historic Preservation Colleges by State

Explore the best historic preservation schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	224	5
Virginia	213	36
South Carolina	195	29

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Historic Preservation Related Rankings by Major

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	58

Most Popular Majors Related to Historic Preservation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	5,888
Interdisciplinary Studies	3,801
Biological & Physical Science	971
International Studies	852
Human Computer Interaction	617
Behavioral Science	574
Nutrition Science	453
Sustainability Science	344
Data Science	288
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	216

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.