Historic Preservation at The University of Texas at Austin

Every historic preservation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the historic preservation program at The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year.

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.

UT Austin Historic Preservation Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Historic Preservation Rankings

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There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in historic preservation, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Historic Preservation Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the historic preservation majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Historic Preservation Master’s Program

The historic preservation program at UT Austin awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a historic preservation master's degree from UT Austin, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the historic preservation master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Marine Science
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• Computational Science
• Sustainability Science
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Archivists	460	$66,120
Historians	130	$66,170

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.