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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$37,460 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,751 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, petroleum engineering was ranked #227 in the country. In fact 1,256 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Colleges.

Best Petroleum Engineering School

#1

Marietta College

Marietta, OH
$37,460 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Marietta College to be the best value school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Marietta, Marietta is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Marietta are $37,460 a year. Petroleum Engineering majors at Marietta take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Marietta College

Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 35

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Petroleum Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

  • 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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