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2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

3 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$24,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 1,582 people earned their degree in petroleum engineering, making the major the 180th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, petroleum engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,730 and had an average of $24,667 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 138 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,967 and $25,086 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in petroleum engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent petroleum engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the petroleum engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s petroleum engineering degrees to qualified students.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

UND also took the #2 spot in our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #3 spot on the list. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 4 masters’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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