2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Plains States 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.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the most popular for petroleum engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 17 doctor's degrees in petroleum engineering to qualified students.

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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 Plains States 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

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In MO

#1 Best Quality In MO

Missouri University of Science and Technology is a popular decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in petroleum engineering. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in petroleum engineering in Missouri. More information about a doctorate in petroleum engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology

2

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In ND

#1 Best Quality In ND

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in petroleum engineering has to check out University of North Dakota. UND is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Grand Forks. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in petroleum engineering in North Dakota. More information about a doctorate in petroleum engineering from University of North Dakota

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	120	9
North Dakota	62	2

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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	99
Civil Engineering	93
Mechanical Engineering	89
Biomedical Engineering	70
Chemical Engineering	59
Engineering Mechanics	40
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	37
Industrial Engineering	33
Other Engineering	29
Computer Engineering	29

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.