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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,912 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$93,179 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 171 degrees and certificates were awarded to petroleum engineering students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #79 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Texas 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas

Check out the petroleum engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Petroleum Engineering

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for petroleum engineering students. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $11,752 per year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas rankings.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX
$11,852 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas Tech are $11,852 a year.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for petroleum engineering students. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas ranking.

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$9,892 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a great value for petroleum engineering students. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M Kingsville are $9,892 a year.

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Best Value Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma 62
New Mexico 9

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 5 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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