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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$28,008 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Petroleum Engineering is the #227 most popular major in the country with 1,256 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'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.

The Best Value Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for petroleum engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for petroleum engineering majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Petroleum Engineering

Our analysis found Missouri University of Science and Technology to be the best value school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 per year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Petroleum Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great value for petroleum engineering students working on their graduate certificate. KU is a very large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

Full Petroleum Engineering at University of Kansas Report

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 34
Kansas 35
North Dakota 52

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 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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