2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Southeast region, there were 242 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,100 and $25,479 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in petroleum engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality petroleum engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the petroleum engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full West Virginia University Petroleum Engineering Report

#2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Louisiana State University Petroleum Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering (With Aid)

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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