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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$19,538 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$94,022 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Colorado ranking.

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.

Check out the petroleum engineering programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Petroleum Engineering School

$19,538 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best value school in Colorado for petroleum engineering students. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mines are $19,538 a year. Petroleum Engineering majors at Mines take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $505.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Colorado rankings.

Full Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

Best Value Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value 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.

  • 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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