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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

21 Colleges
$30,772 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$83,917 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering 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 Value Petroleum Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for petroleum engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Colleges.

Top 10 Best Petroleum Engineering Schools

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.

UT Austin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools list. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Montana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $22,509 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Montana Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools ranking.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 21 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

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#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

The excellent programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the United States. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UND are $15,037 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UND is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools list.

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The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station undergraduate students pay an average of $38,855 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools list.

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#6

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK
$45,138 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Tulsa landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value petroleum engineering programs. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tulsa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Tulsa are $45,138 per year.

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#7

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY
$16,957 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Wyoming did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for petroleum engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW are $16,957 a year.

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#8

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$21,891 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for petroleum engineering students. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH are $21,891 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Colorado School of Mines did quite well on this year’s best value schools for petroleum engineering students. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mines are $40,838 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mines also is in the top 10% of our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools ranking.

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$24,764 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for petroleum engineering students. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

OSU undergraduate students pay an average of $24,764 in tuition and fees each year.

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Petroleum Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
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 21 schools only.

  • 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.

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