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

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$6,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 50 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great petroleum technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the petroleum technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The petroleum tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Bismarck, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BSC is $6,514 for plains states 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%.

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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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