by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Great Lakes region, there were 53 mining and petroleum technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,136 and $8,891 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 mining and petroleum technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mining and petroleum technology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Muskingum University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining & Petroleum Tech Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in New Concord, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mining and petroleum tech students in 2020-2021.
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