2026 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Ohio
[Petroleum Engineering](/majors/engineering/petroleum-engineering/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for petroleum engineering students.
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2026 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Ohio
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the petroleum engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools
Our analysis ranked Marietta College the best value for a degree in petroleum engineering in Ohio. Located in the town of Marietta, Marietta College is a small private not-for-profit university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $39,652. Petroleum Engineering graduates carry a median of $27,000 in student loans. Petroleum Engineering graduates of Marietta College earn a median of $82,205 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $27,000 median debt. The acceptance rate is 79%.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
