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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

4 Colleges
$88,574 Avg Salary
$27,110 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for petroleum engineering students. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

Full Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The excellent programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great place for petroleum engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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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 4 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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