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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado

1 College
$80,449 Avg Salary
$25,780 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 86 degrees and certificates were awarded to petroleum engineering students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #122 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. 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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The following school tops our list of the Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in Colorado for petroleum engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

On average, petroleum engineering graduates from Mines take out $28,211 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $505.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 3
Montana 34
Wyoming 41

One of 40 majors within the area of study, petroleum engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Petroleum Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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