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2023 Best Historic Preservation Master's Degree Schools

19 Colleges
$42,522 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Historic Preservation Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for historic preservation majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Historic Preservation Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the best school for historic preservation students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great place for historic preservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#4

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 19 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 large city of Baltimore.

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#5

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

Out of the 19 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the # 5 spot on the list. C of C is a large public school located in the midsize city of Charleston.

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Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #6 on this year’s Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Savannah, SCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools ranking. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.

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#9

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for historic preservation students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree historic preservation programs. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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Historic Preservation by Region

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Region
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 19 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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