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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$35,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Historic Preservation is the 294th most popular major in the country with 416 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 166 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,775 and $33,438 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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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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 for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree historic preservation students.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Historic Preservation in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 11 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Read full report on Historic Preservation at UGA

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s historic preservation degrees to qualified students.

Clemson also made our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Historic Preservation at Clemson

#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s historic preservation students in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #3 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Historic Preservation at UF

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. UK is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 3 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

Read more about Historic Preservation at UK

#5

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Charleston. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s historic preservation degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at C of C, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at College of Charleston are $36,592, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Historic Preservation at College of Charleston

Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. SCAD is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 14 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975.

Read more about Historic Preservation at Savannah College of Art and Design

#7

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Historic Preservation Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s historic preservation degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Historic Preservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana Historic Preservation Report

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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

  • *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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