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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$27,162 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$88,574 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, petroleum engineering was ranked #193 in the country. In fact 401 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for petroleum engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Petroleum Engineering

Our analysis found Montana Technological University to be the best value school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . 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.

Montana Tech also made our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Montana Technological University

#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year.

Full Petroleum Engineering at University of Wyoming Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mines are $40,838 a year.

Mines also made our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #1.

Full Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at University of Utah

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 22
Utah 3
Montana 3
Wyoming 11

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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 4 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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