2024 Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Historic Preservation & Conservation is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #472 out of the 1172 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for historic preservation & conservation students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 31 master's degrees in historic preservation & conservation during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on historic preservation & conservation students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of historic preservation & conservation students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized historic preservation & conservation related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for historic preservation & conservation students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Historic Preservation & Conservation in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for historic preservation & conservation students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Historic Preservation and Conservation

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in historic preservation & conservation. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in historic preservation & conservation from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Delaware if you wish to pursue a master's degree in historic preservation & conservation. UD is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Newark.More information about a master’s in historic preservation & conservation from University of Delaware

Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Colleges by State

Explore the best historic preservation & conservation schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	21
Pennsylvania	607	0
Delaware	151	10

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Historic Preservation and Conservation

One of 2 majors within the Historic Preservation area of study, Historic Preservation & Conservation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Historic Preservation and Conservation

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Cultural Resource Management & Policy Analysis	10

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.