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2023 Best Historic Preservation Schools

23 Colleges
$37,439 Avg Salary
$22,124 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Historic Preservation School for You

Historic Preservation is the #212 most popular major in the country with 266 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Historic Preservation Schools ranking. This report analyzed 23 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Historic Preservation Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for historic preservation majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Historic Preservation Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the best school in the United States for historic preservation students. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for historic preservation students. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best historic preservation schools in the United States. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 23 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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#5

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Historic Preservation Schools list. C of C is a large public school located in the city of Charleston.

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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #6 on this year’s Best Historic Preservation Schools list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well on this year’s best schools for historic preservation students. Located in the midsize city of Savannah, SCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #8 on this year’s Best Historic Preservation Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station.

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#9

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #9, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best schools for historic preservation students. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Historic Preservation Schools ranking. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver.

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Historic Preservation by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Historic Preservation is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Historic Preservation

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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