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2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$7,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Petroleum Technology/Technician is the 726th most popular major in the country with 579 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 210 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 90 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in petroleum technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great petroleum technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the petroleum technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,426 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College.

Full Pierpont Community and Technical College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Northern Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. West Virginia Northern Community College is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.

WVNCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Virginia Northern Community College is $3,525 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full West Virginia Northern Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fletcher Technical Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Schriever, Louisiana, this small public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.

Fletcher Technical Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,487 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Fletcher Technical Community College.

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#4

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It awarded 54 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $30-$48k list, Nicholls State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nicholls State University is $10,304 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at Nicholls State University

#5

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bossier Parish Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bossier City, Louisiana. It awarded 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Bossier Parish Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bossier Parish Community College is $8,788 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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