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2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in California

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Finding the Best Historic Preservation School for You

With 19 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, historic preservation is the #280 most popular major in California.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Historic Preservation program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Historic Preservation Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for historic preservation students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Historic Preservation at University of Southern California

#2

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sonoma State University is a great place for historic preservation students. Located in the large suburb of Rohnert Park, SSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at California State University - San Bernardino helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best historic preservation schools in California. CSUSB is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino.

Full Historic Preservation at California State University - San Bernardino Report

Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the # 4 spot on the list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

Read full report on Historic Preservation at California State University - Northridge

Best Historic Preservation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Historic Preservation Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 5
Hawaii 0

One of 44 majors within the area of study, historic preservation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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.
  • 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.

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