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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Petroleum Engineering is the #193 most popular major in the country with 401 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for petroleum engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in the United States for petroleum engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for petroleum engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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#6

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

University of Tulsa ranked #6 on this year’s Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

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#7

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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#9

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for petroleum engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree petroleum engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Petroleum Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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