2025 Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Schools in Louisiana

When it comes to popularity, petroleum technology/technician sits in the middle of the road, ranking #780 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for petroleum technology/technician students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 113 degrees in petroleum technology/technician to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Petroleum Technology/Technician Schools List

Pick Your Petroleum Technology/Technician 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 in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Petroleum Technology/Technician in Louisiana

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the petroleum tech degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Louisiana Schools in Petroleum Tech

1

Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

55 Petroleum Tech Degrees Awarded

Nicholls State University is a great option for students interested in a degree in petroleum technology/technician. Located in the city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in petroleum technology/technician from Nicholls State University

2

Fletcher Technical Community College
Schriever, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Petroleum Tech Degrees Awarded

22.0% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Fletcher Technical Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in petroleum technology/technician. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public college located in the rural area of Schriever.More information about a degree in petroleum technology/technician from Fletcher Technical Community College

Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	501	19
West Virginia	410	22

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Petroleum Technology/Technician Related Rankings by Major

Petroleum Technology/Technician is one of 2 different types of Mining & Petroleum Technology programs to choose from.

Notes and References

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.