2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 37 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 petroleum technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in petroleum technology/technician. That schools that top this list have a program in petroleum technology/technician in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Petroleum Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

1

Williston State College
Williston, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Williston State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Williston State College is a small school located in Williston, North Dakota that handed out 5 associates’s petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Petroleum Technology/Technician at Williston State College

2

Bismarck State College
Bismarck, North Dakota

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bismarck State College is a public institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full BSC Petroleum Technology/Technician Report

3

Seward County Community College
Liberal, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seward County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Petroleum Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. SCCC is located in Liberal, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Petroleum Technology/Technician at Seward County 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.