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2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Historic Preservation School for You

Historic Preservation is the #294 most popular major in the country with 416 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the New England Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for historic preservation majors pursuing a .

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the most popular school in the New England Region for historic preservation students. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#3

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salve Regina University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Historic Preservation Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best historic preservation schools in the New England Region . Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#5

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

The excellent programs at University of Vermont helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best historic preservation schools in the New England Region . UVM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Burlington.

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With a ranking of #6, Plymouth State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for historic preservation students. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the remote town of Plymouth.

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Roger Williams University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for historic preservation students. It came in at #7 on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular historic preservation programs. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Read full report on Historic Preservation at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Historic Preservation Colleges by State

Explore the best historic preservation schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 16
New Hampshire 4
Rhode Island 21
Vermont 5

Historic Preservation is one of 44 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 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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