2026 Best Historic Preservation Schools in Maryland
Historic Preservation is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for historic preservation students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Historic Preservation in Maryland
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the historic preservation degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Historic Preservation
Our analysis ranked Johns Hopkins University the best school in the country for a degree in historic preservation. Johns Hopkins University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore. About 94% of students finish within six years. About 19 historic preservation degrees were awarded at Johns Hopkins University in the most recent year. Soon after graduation, historic preservation degree recipients from Johns Hopkins University generally make around $84,850. Typical student debt for the program is $13,426.
See the full historic preservation program report for Johns Hopkins University
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
