Petroleum Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #223 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in Ohio to review for the 2025 Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Ohio ranking.
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 Ohio.
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The schools below may not offer all types of petroleum engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat Marietta College if you wish to pursue a degree in petroleum engineering. Marietta is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Marietta.
Petroleum Engineering degree recipients from Marietta College get an earnings boost of around $11,641 above the typical earnings of petroleum engineering graduates.
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).
