2024 Best Historic Preservation Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Historic Preservationmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #209 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Historic Preservation Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 50 master's degrees in historic preservation during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Historic Preservation School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of historic preservation for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality historic preservation program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to historic preservation students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of historic preservation 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt historic preservation students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized historic preservation related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for historic preservation 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast 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 in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in historic preservation.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Historic Preservation

1

College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

6 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in historic preservation needs to check out College of Charleston. Located in the city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in historic preservation from College of Charleston

2

Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA

7 Annual Graduates

$46,327 Median Starting Salary

Savannah College of Art and Design is a great choice for students interested in a master's degree in historic preservation. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Savannah.

Historic Preservation master's degree recipients from Savannah College of Art and Design get an earnings boost of around $3,405 over the typical income of historic preservation majors.

More information about a master’s in historic preservation from Savannah College of Art and Design

3

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

6 Annual Graduates

$39,517 Median Starting Salary

Clemson University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in historic preservation. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the historic preservation program state that they receive average early career wages of $39,517.

More information about a master’s in historic preservation from Clemson University

4

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

5 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in historic preservation needs to check out University of Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in historic preservation from University of Georgia

5

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

3 Annual Graduates

UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington.More information about a master’s in historic preservation from University of Kentucky

5

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

4 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in historic preservation from University of Florida

Best Historic Preservation Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	4
Georgia	190	18
Virginia	182	5
Kentucky	147	3
Louisiana	147	8
South Carolina	146	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Historic Preservation

One of 51 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, Historic Preservation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Historic Preservation Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Historic Preservation & Conservation	50

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
International Studies	246
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	233
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	153
Sustainability Science	150
Computational Science	146
Nutrition Science	127
Interdisciplinary Studies	92
Gerontology	89
Human Computer Interaction	73
Systems Theory	56

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.