2025 Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
162Petroleum Engineering Degrees Awarded
$70,564Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, petroleum engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #223 out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for petroleum engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 162 degrees in petroleum engineering to qualified students.
The petroleum engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Petroleum Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Petroleum Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The petroleum engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.
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Best Schools for Petroleum Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the petroleum engineering degree levels they offer.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Petroleum Engineering
Colorado School of Mines is a great option for students pursuing a degree in petroleum engineering. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #87 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mines is a great school overall.
There were approximately 110 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent data year. Those petroleum engineering students who get their degree from Colorado School of Mines receive $6,836 more than the typical petroleum engineering grad.
Every student pursuing a degree in petroleum engineering needs to look into University of Wyoming. UW is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Laramie. This university ranks 1st out of 7 schools for overall quality in the state of Wyoming.
There were roughly 30 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the petroleum engineering program make about $66,221 in their early career salary.
It's difficult to beat Montana Technological University if you want to pursue a degree in petroleum engineering. Located in the remote town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 5th out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of Montana.
There were roughly 22 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at Montana Tech in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the petroleum engineering program make about $69,212 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
The petroleum engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Petroleum Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Petroleum Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
