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2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$8,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 579 people earned their degree in petroleum technology/technician, making the major the 726th most popular in the United States.

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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the petroleum technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician 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 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 public school situated in Fairmont, West Virginia. It awarded 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Pierpont Community and Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College is $9,378 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.

Full Pierpont Community and Technical College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#2

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Nicholls State University is a public institution located in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 54 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students list, Nicholls State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,247 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students per year to attend Nicholls State University.

Full Nicholls State University Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fletcher Technical Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Schriever, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Fletcher Technical Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Fletcher Technical Community College is $8,999 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at Fletcher Technical Community College

#4

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bossier Parish Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Bossier City, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Bossier Parish Community College also made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,905 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students per year to attend Bossier Parish Community College.

Read full report on Petroleum Technology/Technician at Bossier Parish Community College

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia Northern Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. WVNCC is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.

WVNCC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for West Virginia Northern Community College is $4,524 for southeast region associate degree petroleum tech students.

Full WVNCC 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%.

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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