2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 336 people earned their degree in historic preservation and conservation, making the major the 710th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 34 historic preservation and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 historic preservation and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in historic preservation and conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality historic preservation and conservation programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the historic preservation and conservation program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree historic preservation and conservation students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 5 masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204.

Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at Ball State

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Eastern Michigan University is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees to qualified students.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Historic Preservation & Conservation at Eastern Michigan

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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