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2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Petroleum Engineering is the 180th most popular major in the country with 1,582 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Texas, there were 552 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $22,880 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in petroleum engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great petroleum engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the petroleum engineering 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 Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s petroleum engineering degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree petroleum engineering students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s petroleum engineering degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin also made our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s petroleum engineering degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s petroleum engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Kingsville are $14,066.

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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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