2024 Best General Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on majoring in general petroleum engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #379 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general petroleum engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 31 degrees in general petroleum engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Petroleum Engineering Schools List

General Petroleum Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Petroleum Engineering in the Far Western US Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general petroleum engineering degree levels they offer.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in General Petroleum Engineering

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Southern California is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in general petroleum engineering. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general petroleum engineering from University of Southern California

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat University of Alaska Fairbanks if you want to pursue a degree in general petroleum engineering. Located in the suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in general petroleum engineering from University of Alaska Fairbanks

Best General Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	25
Alaska	167	6

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General Petroleum Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Petroleum Engineering area of study, General Petroleum Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.