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Pennsylvania State University - University Park PhD in General Petroleum Engineering

General Petroleum Engineering is a concentration offered under the petroleum engineering major at Pennsylvania State University - University Park. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in general petroleum engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State University Park PhD in General Petroleum Engineering

#211 in the U.S
#27 in Pennsylvania

In order to help students find the right school for them, College Factual has created its Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, which is updated yearly. To determine the school's rank, we look at objective measures, such as post-graduation earnings, student and faculty diversity, and accumulated student debt.

On the 2021 list, Penn State University Park was ranked #211 out of 464 schools in the country for this major at the doctorate level. It is also ranked #27 in Pennsylvania.

How Much Does a Doctorate in General Petroleum Engineering from Penn State University Park Cost?

$22,994 Average Tuition and Fees

Penn State University Park Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2018-2019 academic year, part-time graduate students at Penn State University Park paid an average of $1,571 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $915 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $21,960 $37,694
Fees $1,034 $1,034

Does Penn State University Park Offer an Online PhD in General Petroleum Engineering?

Online degrees for the Penn State University Park general petroleum engineering doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State University Park Online Learning page.

Penn State University Park Doctorate Student Diversity for General Petroleum Engineering

15 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
20.0% Women
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 15 doctor’s degrees in general petroleum engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in general petroleum engineering in 2018-2019, 20.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17.8%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those students who received a doctor’s degree at Penn State University Park in general petroleum engineering at 2018-2019, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 1
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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