2024 Best Historic Preservation Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for historic preservation students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 12 master's degrees in historic preservation to qualified students.

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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 complete 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina

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

Top South Carolina 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 look into College of Charleston. Located in the medium-sized 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

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

6 Annual Graduates

$39,517 Median Starting Salary

Clemson University is one of the finest schools in the country 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 earnings of $39,517.

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

Best Historic Preservation Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Historic Preservation Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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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	12

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
International Studies	2

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.