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Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2 Colleges
$80,718 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular 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.

Check out the petroleum engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for petroleum engineering students. Located in the distant town of Indiana, IUP is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Our analysis found University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus to be the most popular school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Petroleum Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Report

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 28

One of 39 majors within the area of study, petroleum engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Petroleum Engineering

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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