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Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in Colorado

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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in Colorado

1 College
$94,022 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Colorado to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Petroleum Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the petroleum engineering programs at this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in Colorado.

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

While working on their degree, petroleum engineering majors at Mines accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $505.

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Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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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