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2022 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
95 Degrees Awarded
$8,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mining & Petroleum Technology is the 301st most popular major in the country with 613 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mining and petroleum technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,442 and had an average of $14,198 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 221 mining and petroleum technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,650 and $18,310 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 95 mining and petroleum technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining and petroleum technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mining and petroleum technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mining and petroleum technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree mining & petroleum tech students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mining & Petroleum Technology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Fairmont, West Virginia. It awarded 7 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College also made our “Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Pierpont Community and Technical College is $9,378 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Mining & Petroleum Tech students with aid.

Full Pierpont Community and Technical College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fletcher Technical Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Fletcher Technical Community College is located in Schriever, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.

Fletcher Technical Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Fletcher Technical Community College is $8,999 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Mining & Petroleum Tech students with aid.

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#3

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It awarded 54 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Nicholls State University is $12,247 for southeast region associate degree mining & petroleum tech students with aid.

Full Nicholls State University Mining & Petroleum Technology Report

#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 Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Wheeling, West Virginia, and it awarded 4 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WVNCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for WVNCC is $4,524 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Mining & Petroleum Tech students with aid.

Full West Virginia Northern Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report

#5

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bossier Parish Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Bossier City, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s mining and 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 Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,905 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Mining & Petroleum Tech students with aid per year to attend Bossier Parish Community College.

Read more about Mining & Petroleum Technology at Bossier Parish Community College

#6

Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

Madisonville Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mining & Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Madisonville Community College is a small school located in Madisonville, Kentucky that handed out 2 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Madisonville Community College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Madisonville Community College is $5,129 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Mining & Petroleum Tech students with aid.

Full Madisonville Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report

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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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