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2024 Best Value Colleges for Historic Preservation in California

1 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$32,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Historic Preservation Schools in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Historic Preservation Schools in California” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 416 people earned their degree in historic preservation, making the major the 296th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, historic preservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,439 and had an average of $22,124 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 19 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent historic preservation programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the historic preservation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Historic Preservation Schools in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Historic Preservation Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california historic preservation students.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Historic Preservation in California

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools in California. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 9 ’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $32,569 for California Historic Preservation students per year to attend USC.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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