by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 41 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,929 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 historic preservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in historic preservation. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in historic preservation.
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The historic preservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Eastern Michigan University is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s historic preservation degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ursuline College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Ursuline College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pepper Pike, Ohio. It awarded 2 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Read full report on Historic Preservation at Ursuline College
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s historic preservation degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Ball State is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Historic Preservation Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 0 masters’s historic preservation degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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