Historic Preservation at College of Charleston

If you plan to study historic preservation, take a look at what College of Charleston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

C of C is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a total student population of 10,384.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Historic Preservation section at the bottom of this page.

C of C Historic Preservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Historic Preservation
• Master’s Degree in Historic Preservation

C of C Historic Preservation Rankings

The historic preservation major at C of C is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Historic Preservation. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Historic Preservation Student Demographics at C of C

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the historic preservation majors at College of Charleston.

C of C Historic Preservation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of historic preservation bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical historic preservation bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at C of C since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in historic preservation at C of C are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of Charleston with a bachelor's in historic preservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

C of C Historic Preservation Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of historic preservation master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in historic preservation each year. C of C does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of Charleston with a master's in historic preservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Historic Preservation

Historic Preservation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at College of Charleston. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Historic Preservation & Conservation	35

Related Majors

• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• International Studies

Careers That Historic Preservation Grads May Go Into

A degree in historic preservation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for College of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Archivists	90	$42,530

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lkeadle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.