2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 579 people earned their degree in petroleum technology/technician, making the major the 726th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 230 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in petroleum technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent petroleum technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate.
Top 14 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate. Bismarck, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
BSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bismarck State College is $9,420 for associate degree petroleum tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate. Located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree petroleum tech students list, OSU Institute of Technology has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OSU Institute of Technology is $6,500 for Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis and Clark Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate list. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small school located in Godfrey, Illinois that handed out 17 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Lewis and Clark Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis and Clark Community College is $5,464 for associate degree petroleum tech students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree petroleum tech students list, Pierpont Community and Technical College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College is $9,378 for Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate list. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It awarded 54 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Nicholls State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,247 for Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students per year to attend Nicholls State University.
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Houston Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.
Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $5,272 for Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students per year to attend Houston Community College.
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Fletcher Technical Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate ranking. Fletcher Technical Community College is a public institution located in Schriever, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree petroleum tech students list, Fletcher Technical Community College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Fletcher Technical Community College is $8,999 for Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.
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Navarro College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Corsicana, Texas, and it awarded 6 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Navarro College, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Navarro College is $14,349 for associate degree petroleum tech students.
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Lackawanna College landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate ranking. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
Lackawanna College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Lackawanna College is $18,120 for associate degree petroleum tech students.
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With a ranking of #10, Stark State College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate list. North Canton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stark State College, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stark State College is $6,464 for associate degree petroleum tech students.
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Bossier Parish Community College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate ranking. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bossier City, Louisiana that handed out 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Bossier Parish Community College also took the #12 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bossier Parish Community College is $8,905 for associate degree petroleum tech students.
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West Virginia Northern Community College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate ranking. West Virginia Northern Community College is a small school located in Wheeling, West Virginia that handed out 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVNCC, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for West Virginia Northern Community College is $4,524 for Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.
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University of Pittsburgh - Bradford ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate list. Located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree petroleum tech students list, Pitt Bradford has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,906 for associate degree petroleum tech students per year to attend Pitt Bradford.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Lone Star College System came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate ranking. The Woodlands, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
North Harris Montgomery also made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #14. The yearly cost to attend North Harris Montgomery is $8,016 for Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.
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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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