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2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in petroleum technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent petroleum technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the petroleum technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,040 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fletcher Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Schriever, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, Fletcher Technical Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,891 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Fletcher Technical Community College.

Full Fletcher Technical Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#3

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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized school located in Thibodaux, Louisiana that handed out 54 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,412 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Nicholls State University.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at Nicholls State University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia Northern Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.

WVNCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 $6,316 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full WVNCC Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#5

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bossier Parish Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Bossier Parish Community College is a public institution located in Bossier City, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 associates’s 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. It costs about $10,483 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Bossier Parish Community College.

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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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