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2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region

14 Colleges
$35,098 Avg Salary
$22,124 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Historic Preservation School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, historic preservation was ranked #212 in the country. In fact 266 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Southeast Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Historic Preservation Colleges.

#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 Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 14 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 2 spot on the list. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

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The excellent programs at Savannah College of Art and Design helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best historic preservation schools in the Southeast Region . SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.

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#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

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Clayton State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Morrow, Clayton State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#7

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

With a ranking of #7, College of Charleston did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for historic preservation students. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, C of C is a public school with a large student population.

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#9

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Region list. UT Chattanooga is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga.

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Best Historic Preservation Colleges by State

Explore the best historic preservation colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 5
Florida 8
Georgia 20
Tennessee 0
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 8
South Carolina 13

One of 36 majors within the area of study, historic preservation has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 14 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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