2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,256 people earned a degree or certificate in petroleum engineering, making the major the #227 most popular in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for petroleum engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Petroleum Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named University of Oklahoma Norman Campus the best value school in the United States for petroleum engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great value for petroleum engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology also did well on our Best Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great value for petroleum engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, KU also did well on our Best Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Majors Related to Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
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 averages are for the top 3 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.