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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.

The Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Petroleum Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the petroleum engineering graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the most popular school in the United States for petroleum engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in petroleum engineering at KU, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is a great place for petroleum engineering students working on their graduate certificate. IUP is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Indiana.

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Out of the 9 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

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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 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate 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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#4

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

Out of the 9 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#4

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 9 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 4 spot on the list. 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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Petroleum Engineering by Region

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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 9 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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