2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in historic preservation and conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great historic preservation and conservation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the historic preservation and conservation program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Historic Preservation and Conservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Muncie, Indiana, and it awarded 5 masters’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State 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

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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s historic preservation and conservation students in 2019-2020.

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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552.

Full Eastern Michigan Historic Preservation & Conservation Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation (Income $48-$75k)

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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