2023 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region 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.
Best Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate Certificate School
Our analysis found University of North Dakota to be the best value school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public school with a large student population.
UND undergraduate students pay an average of $15,037 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UND is ranked #2 for overall quality for petroleum engineering in the Plains States Region .
Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at University of North Dakota
Request InformationBest Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best petroleum engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 34 |
| Kansas | 35 |
| North Dakota | 52 |
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Petroleum Engineering Related Majors for Petroleum Engineering
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.