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Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Petroleum Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our analysis found University of Wyoming to be the most popular school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.

About 13% of the students majoring in petroleum engineering at the school are women while 88% are male.

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Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for petroleum engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

Full Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

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

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 2 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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