2023 Most Focused Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Historic Preservation & Conservation is the 750th most popular major in the country with 331 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 14 historic preservation and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in historic preservation and conservation. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their historic preservation and conservation program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region historic preservation and conservation students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Historic Preservation & Conservation in the Far Western US Region

1

Clatsop Community College
Astoria, Oregon

$32,232 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,045 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clatsop Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region. Clatsop Community College is a small school located in Astoria, Oregon that handed out 2 ’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at Clatsop Community College

2

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

$37,110 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,220 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Oregon is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 3 ’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Historic Preservation & Conservation at University of Oregon

3

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

$65,044 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,231 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Historic Preservation and Conservation Major in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 9 ’s historic preservation and conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Historic Preservation & Conservation at University of Southern California

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.