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2023 Most Popular Online Petroleum Engineering Schools

3 Colleges
$83,917 Avg Salary
$25,780 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 1,256 people earned a degree or certificate in petroleum engineering, making the major the #227 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Online Petroleum Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Petroleum Engineering Colleges.

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Our analysis found University of North Dakota to be the most popular school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

While working on their degree, petroleum engineering majors at UND accumulate an average of around $27,119 in student debt.

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Our analysis found University of Oklahoma Norman Campus to be the most popular school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

Petroleum Engineering majors at University of Oklahoma take out an average of $22,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Our 2023 rankings named Missouri University of Science and Technology the most popular online school in the United States for petroleum engineering students. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

After completing their degree, petroleum engineering graduates from Missouri University of Science and Technology carry an average student debtload of $27,000. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $392.

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Plains States
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Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

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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