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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 112 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 62 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$6,500 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and it awarded 17 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is $6,500 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at OSU Institute of Technology

#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$5,272 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,272 for southwest region associate degree petroleum tech students.

Full Houston Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

#3

Navarro College

Corsicana, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$14,349 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Navarro College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Navarro College is a medium-sized school located in Corsicana, Texas that handed out 6 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Navarro College also made our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Navarro College is $14,349 for southwest region associate degree petroleum tech students.

Read full report on Petroleum Technology/Technician at Navarro College

#4

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$8,016 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lone Star College System. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Petroleum Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. 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 took the #4 spot in our “Best Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lone Star College System is $8,016 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Petroleum Tech students.

Full North Harris Montgomery Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jeffrey Beall.

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