Petroleum Technology/Technician isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #780 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of petroleum technology/technician. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 392 degrees in petroleum technology/technician annually.
Choosing a Great Petroleum Technology/Technician School
Your choice of petroleum technology/technician school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for petroleum technology/technician schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Petroleum Technology/Technician Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Petroleum Technology/Technician in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the petroleum tech degree levels they offer.
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a good choice for students interested in a degree in petroleum technology/technician. Located in the town of Okmulgee, OSU Institute of Technology is a public university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #979 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OSU Institute of Technology is a great university overall.
There were roughly 13 petroleum technology/technician students who graduated with this degree at OSU Institute of Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in petroleum technology/technician has to check out Nicholls State University. Nicholls State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Thibodaux. This university ranks 19th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 55 petroleum technology/technician students who graduated with this degree at Nicholls State University in the most recent data year.
Houston Community College is a good option for students interested in a degree in petroleum technology/technician. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #474 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Houston Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 12 petroleum technology/technician students who graduated with this degree at Houston Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Fletcher Technical Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in petroleum technology/technician. Located in the rural area of Schriever, Fletcher Technical Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 21st out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 41 petroleum technology/technician students who graduated with this degree at Fletcher Technical Community College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of petroleum technology/technician school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for petroleum technology/technician schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
