2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Southeast Region

A doctor's degree in petroleum engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #108 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6 doctor's degrees in petroleum engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for petroleum engineering.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Petroleum Engineering in the Southeast Region

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for petroleum engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Petroleum Engineering Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In LA

#1 Best Quality In LA

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a popular option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in petroleum engineering. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in petroleum engineering in Louisiana. More information about a doctorate in petroleum engineering from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

#1 Most Popular In MS

Mississippi State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in petroleum engineering. Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the town of Mississippi State. More information about a doctorate in petroleum engineering from Mississippi State University

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the most popular petroleum engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Louisiana	99	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	467
Mechanical Engineering	295
Civil Engineering	252
Biomedical Engineering	250
General Engineering	217
Chemical Engineering	154
Industrial Engineering	122
Materials Engineering	122
Computer Engineering	110
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	80

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.