by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Southeast region, there were 149 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,098 and $22,124 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in historic preservation. That schools that top this list have a program in historic preservation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree historic preservation students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clayton State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Morrow, Georgia, and it awarded 6 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 6 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #3 spot on the list. SCAD is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s historic preservation degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 8 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #5 spot on the list. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 6 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Virginia Tech came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 5 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s historic preservation degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Kentucky landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 3 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Historic Preservation Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s historic preservation degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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