2025 Best General Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

A degree in general petroleum engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #379 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for general petroleum engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 71 degrees in general petroleum engineering to qualified students.

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

• Best Overall General Petroleum Engineering Schools List

General Petroleum Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. 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 General Petroleum Engineering in the Plains States Region

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 general petroleum engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Plains States Region Schools in General Petroleum Engineering

1

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat University of North Dakota if you want to pursue a degree in general petroleum engineering. UND is a large public university located in the city of Grand Forks.More information about a degree in general petroleum engineering from University of North Dakota

2

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Missouri University of Science and Technology if you want to pursue a degree in general petroleum engineering. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in general petroleum engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology

Best General Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general petroleum engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	693	33
Kansas	599	30
North Dakota	416	52

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General Petroleum Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Petroleum Engineering area of study, General Petroleum Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.