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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools

21 Colleges
$156,753 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the United States. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great place for petroleum engineering students working on their master’s degree. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

University of Tulsa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for petroleum engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

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Montana Technological University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the remote town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public school with a small student population.

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#8

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UND is a large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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With a ranking of #9, Missouri University of Science and Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for petroleum engineering students working on their master’s degree. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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#10

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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New England
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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 21 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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