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2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$7,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Petroleum Technology/Technician is the 726th most popular major in the country with 579 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 210 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 90 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in petroleum technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality petroleum technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the petroleum technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College also made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $7,439 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College.

Full Pierpont Community and Technical College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fletcher Technical Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school situated in Schriever, Louisiana. It awarded 15 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Fletcher Technical Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $7,864 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Fletcher Technical Community College.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Northern Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Wheeling, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

WVNCC also made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for WVNCC is $3,227 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at West Virginia Northern Community College

#4

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nicholls State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nicholls State University is $9,968 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at Nicholls State University

#5

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bossier Parish Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bossier Parish Community College is located in Bossier City, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, Bossier Parish Community College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bossier Parish Community College is $8,187 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Bossier Parish Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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