2022 Best Value Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician in West Virginia (With Aid)

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 in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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 West Virginia, there were 22 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Petroleum Tech Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia petroleum tech students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician in West Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Pierpont Community and Technical College

Fairmont, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$9,378 Average Net Price

$37,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified ’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College also made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Pierpont Community and Technical College is $9,378 for west virginia petroleum tech students with aid.

Full Pierpont Community and Technical College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#2

West Virginia Northern Community College

Wheeling, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$4,524 Average Net Price

$29,171 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia Northern Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. West Virginia Northern Community College is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 ’s petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.

WVNCC also made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend West Virginia Northern Community College is $4,524 for West Virginia Petroleum Tech students with aid.

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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