2027 Best Historic Preservation Schools in Virginia
Historic Preservation is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. The schools below stand out for the quality of their historic preservation programs.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 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 Virginia
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
University Of Mary Washington tops our 2027 ranking of the best historic preservation schools. This mid-sized public university is located in the suburb of Fredericksburg. About 66% of students finish within six years. About 30 historic preservation degrees were awarded at University Of Mary Washington in the most recent year. Graduates of the historic preservation program make about $43,243 in their early career. Students borrow a median of $23,250 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 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 · 1 school 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.
