by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate” 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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 210 mining and petroleum technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 33 colleges that offer a degree in mining and petroleum technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular mining and petroleum technology programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and it awarded 43 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Nicholls State University Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
Out of the 33 schools in the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Mississippi Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. SMCC is a small public school situated in Summit, Mississippi. It awarded 19 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stark State College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in North Canton, Ohio, and it awarded 19 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Stark State College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
Out of the 33 schools in the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 14 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Houston Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
Fletcher Technical Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. Fletcher Technical Community College is located in Schriever, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Fletcher Technical Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
Bismarck State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Bismarck State College is a small school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 12 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Lackawanna College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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Navarro College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Located in Corsicana, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s mining and petroleum tech students in 2020-2021.
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Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school situated in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full OSU Institute of Technology Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
West Virginia Northern Community College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Wheeling, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
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Lewis and Clark Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking, coming in at #12. Lewis and Clark Community College is a public institution located in Godfrey, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lewis and Clark Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. CPI is a small school located in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Williston State College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Located in Williston, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s mining and petroleum tech students in 2020-2021.
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Seward County Community College ranked #15 on this year’s Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. SCCC is located in Liberal, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.
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Bossier Parish Community College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bossier City, Louisiana that handed out 4 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Bossier Parish Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
University of Pittsburgh - Bradford did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking, coming in at #17. University of Pittsburgh - Bradford is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Western Texas College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking, coming in at #17. Snyder, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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University of the Virgin Islands landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. University of the Virgin Islands is a public institution located in Charlotte Amalie, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #20, Aims Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Aims Community College is a medium-sized school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 2 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Aims Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
Coastal Bend College ranked #20 on this year’s Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Located in Beeville, Texas, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s mining and petroleum tech students in 2020-2021.
Full Coastal Bend College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
With a ranking of #22, Lone Star College System did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Lone Star College System is a large public school situated in The Woodlands, Texas. It awarded 1 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Western Wyoming Community College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Western Wyoming Community College is a small school located in Rock Springs, Wyoming that handed out 1 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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North Central Texas College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking, coming in at #22. Gainesville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Pima Community College ranked #25 on this year’s Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Pima Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Madisonville Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking, coming in at #25. Madisonville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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Utah State University ranked #25 on this year’s Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Utah State University Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
Vincennes University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking. Located in Vincennes, Indiana, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s mining and petroleum tech students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, Wabash Valley College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Mount Carmel, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, Eastern Arizona College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Eastern Arizona College is located in Thatcher, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Eastern Arizona College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
With a ranking of #25, Washington State Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Washington State Community College is located in Marietta, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees to qualified students.
Full Washington State Community College Mining & Petroleum Technology Report
With a ranking of #25, Palo Alto College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s mining and petroleum tech students in 2020-2021.
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Southwest Virginia Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Mining & Petroleum Tech Major for an Associate ranking, coming in at #25. Southwest Virginia Community College is a small school located in Richlands, Virginia that handed out 0 associates’s mining and petroleum tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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