2025 Best General Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general petroleum engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #274 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 bachelor's degrees in general petroleum engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general petroleum engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general petroleum engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general petroleum engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general petroleum engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Petroleum Engineering in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general petroleum engineering.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in General Petroleum Engineering

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general petroleum engineering. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the city of Baton Rouge.More information about a bachelor’s in general petroleum engineering from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

20 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Louisiana at Lafayette if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general petroleum engineering. UL Lafayette is a large public university located in the midsize city of Lafayette.More information about a bachelor’s in general petroleum engineering from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Best General Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	275	15
West Virginia	223	67

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General Petroleum Engineering Related Rankings by Major

General Petroleum Engineering is one of 0 different types of Petroleum Engineering 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.