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2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools

60 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.

The Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 60 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Historic Preservation program at each school on the list.

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

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our analysis found University of Kentucky to be the most popular school for historic preservation students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the most popular school in the United States for historic preservation students. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for historic preservation students. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular historic preservation programs. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Delaware did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for historic preservation students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#8

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for historic preservation students. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Historic Preservation students that almost earned our Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
12 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
12 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA

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 29 schools only.

  • 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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