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2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$24,723 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,630 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering 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.

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 the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which 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. 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 Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Petroleum Engineering

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND
$15,037 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of North Dakota to be the best value school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $15,037 per year. On average, petroleum engineering graduates from UND take out $27,119 in student loans while working on their degree.

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The excellent programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,099 per year. Petroleum Engineering majors at Missouri University of Science and Technology 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 $392.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology also did well on our Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$28,034 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in the Plains States Region . KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

KU undergraduate students pay an average of $28,034 in tuition and fees each year. On average, petroleum engineering graduates from KU take out $26,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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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 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.

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