2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mining & Petroleum Technology in Arizona

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in Arizona” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 445 people earned their degree in mining and petroleum technology, making the major the 312th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mining and petroleum technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,371 and had an average of $16,130 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 0 mining and petroleum technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 mining and petroleum technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,456 and $20,530 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining and petroleum technology. That schools that top this list have a program in mining and petroleum technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona associate degree mining & petroleum tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mining & Petroleum Technology in Arizona

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Pima Community College
Tucson, Arizona

#11 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mining & Petroleum Technology at Pima County Community College District

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Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, Arizona

#16 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Arizona College landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Arizona College is a public institution located in Thatcher, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mining & Petroleum Technology at Eastern Arizona College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mining & Petroleum Technology in the Southwest Region
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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

• *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.