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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$10,576 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$93,179 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 445 degrees and certificates were awarded to petroleum engineering students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #108 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value programs for petroleum engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Petroleum Engineering Colleges.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Petroleum Engineering

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for petroleum engineering students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $11,752 per year. The average amount in student loans that petroleum engineering majors at UT Austin take out is $15,709. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $242.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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$9,234 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list. UT Permian Basin is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Odessa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Permian Basin are $9,234 per year.

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$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 per year. While working on their degree, petroleum engineering majors at Texas A&M College Station accumulate an average of around $20,099 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $385.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX
$11,852 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $11,852 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, petroleum engineering graduates from Texas Tech take out $26,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for petroleum engineering students. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that petroleum engineering majors at UH take out is $25,000.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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$9,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M Kingsville are $9,892 a year. While working on their degree, petroleum engineering majors at Texas A&M Kingsville accumulate an average of around $25,241 in student debt.

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Best Value Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma 137
New Mexico 24

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 averages are for the top 6 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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