2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Petroleum Technology/Technician is the 780th most popular major in the country with 434 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 171 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 100 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in petroleum technology/technician. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their petroleum technology/technician program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician in the Southeast Region

1

Southwest Mississippi Community College
Summit, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest Mississippi Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region. SMCC is a small school located in Summit, Mississippi that handed out 19 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, Louisiana

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Thibodaux, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s petroleum tech degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at Nicholls State University

3

Pierpont Community and Technical College
Fairmont, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified associates’s petroleum tech students in 2020-2021.

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4

West Virginia Northern Community College
Wheeling, West Virginia

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia Northern Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. WVNCC is a public institution located in Wheeling, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at WVNCC

5

Fletcher Technical Community College
Schriever, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fletcher Technical Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school situated in Schriever, Louisiana. It awarded 12 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Fletcher Technical Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

6

Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, Louisiana

With a ranking of #6, Bossier Parish Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Bossier Parish Community College is a public institution located in Bossier City, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.