2024 Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in petroleum engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #104 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

There was only one school in the Rocky Mountains Region to review for the 2024 Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..

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

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Petroleum Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in petroleum engineering.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Petroleum Engineering

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

8 Annual Graduates

Colorado School of Mines is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in petroleum engineering. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in petroleum engineering from Colorado School of Mines

2

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

8 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in petroleum engineering has to check out University of Wyoming. UW is a large public university located in the remote town of Laramie.More information about a doctorate in petroleum engineering from University of Wyoming

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	123	8
Wyoming	32	8

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Petroleum Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Petroleum Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Petroleum Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Petroleum Engineering	16

Majors Similar to Petroleum Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	66
Mechanical Engineering	62
Chemical Engineering	61
Civil Engineering	58
Materials Engineering	35
Biomedical Engineering	29
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	27
General Engineering	21
Metallurgical Engineering	12
Nuclear Engineering	12

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.