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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$13,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in petroleum technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality petroleum technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. 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 made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College is $9,378 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Pierpont Community and Technical College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 54 degrees to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nicholls State University is $12,247 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Nicholls State University Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fletcher Technical Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school situated in Schriever, Louisiana. It awarded 15 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fletcher Technical Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fletcher Technical Community College is $8,999 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Bossier City, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bossier Parish Community College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bossier Parish Community College is $8,905 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Northern Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. WVNCC is a small school located in Wheeling, West Virginia that handed out 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees 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. It costs about $4,524 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend WVNCC.

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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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