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2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Master's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Historic Preservation Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 19 degrees and certificates were awarded to historic preservation students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #198 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Historic Preservation Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which master's degree 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 master's degree.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for historic preservation students who want to pursue a master’s degree in California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 88% of the historic preservation majors at the school.

Full Historic Preservation at University of Southern California Report

#2

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sonoma State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Rohnert Park, SSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in historic preservation at the school are women while 20% are male.

Full Historic Preservation at Sonoma State University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California State University - San Bernardino is a great place for historic preservation students working on their master’s degree. CSUSB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of San Bernardino.

About 33% of the students majoring in historic preservation at the school are women while 67% are male.

Read full report on Historic Preservation at California State University - San Bernardino

Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the # 4 spot on the list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

Women make up 50% of the historic preservation majors at the school.

Full Historic Preservation at California State University - Northridge Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 3
Hawaii 0

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

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 4 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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