Historic Preservationbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #285 out of the 363 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for historic preservation students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 58 bachelor's degrees in historic preservation to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on historic preservation students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of historic preservation students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for historic preservation to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized historic preservation related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for historic preservation students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Historic Preservation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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College of Charleston is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in historic preservation. C of C is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Charleston.
Soon after graduation, historic preservation bachelor's recipients generally earn about $35,326 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
