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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

1 Ranked Colleges
21 Degrees Awarded
$40,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in California for Petroleum Engineering for a Master's

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Petroleum Engineering is the 223rd most popular major in the country with 1,256 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, petroleum engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $83,917 and had an average of $25,780 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 25 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent petroleum engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the petroleum engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree vets studying petroleum engineering.

Top 1 Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, USC supports 46,287 students, and 1,311 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 862 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. During this same period, 388 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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