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Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 28 degrees and certificates were awarded to petroleum engineering students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #150 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

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

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 Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded

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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