2022 Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 416 people earned their degree in historic preservation, making the major the 294th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, historic preservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,775 and had an average of $36,085 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 39 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $44,026 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in historic preservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent historic preservation programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the historic preservation 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 Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree historic preservation students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,829 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s historic preservation degrees to qualified students.

Ball State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State are $26,204, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Historic Preservation at Ball State University

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$32,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Historic Preservation at Eastern Michigan

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation (With Aid)

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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