Historic Preservation at University of Mary Washington

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

UMW is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,293. Of the 1,083 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Mary Washington in 2021, 36 of them were historic preservation majors.

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.

UMW Historic Preservation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Historic Preservation

UMW Historic Preservation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the historic preservation progam at UMW compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The historic preservation major at UMW 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Historic Preservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Historic Preservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1

Earnings of UMW Historic Preservation Graduates

The median salary of historic preservation students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMW is $24,160. This is less than $27,274, which is the national average of all historic preservation majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Historic Preservation Student Demographics at UMW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the historic preservation majors at University of Mary Washington.

UMW Historic Preservation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students earned a bachelor's degree in historic preservation from UMW. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in historic preservation at UMW 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 University of Mary Washington with a bachelor's in historic preservation.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UMW also has a doctoral program available in historic preservation. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for University of Mary Washington.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Archivists	150	$55,400
Historians	150	$80,480

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 Morgan Riley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.