2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Petroleum Technology/Technician is the 780th most popular major in the country with 392 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 9 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in petroleum technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in petroleum technology/technician.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree petroleum tech students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

1

Williston State College
Williston, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Williston State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Williston State College is a public institution located in Williston, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at Williston State College

2

Bismarck State College
Bismarck, North Dakota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Bismarck State College is a small school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 1 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at BSC

3

Seward County Community College
Liberal, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seward County Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region. SCCC is a public institution located in Liberal, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Full SCCC Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jeffrey Beall.