2024 Best General Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in general petroleum engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #331 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 24 master's degrees in general petroleum engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general petroleum engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general petroleum engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general petroleum engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general petroleum engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Petroleum Engineering in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general petroleum engineering.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in General Petroleum Engineering

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in general petroleum engineering. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in general petroleum engineering from University of Southern California

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in general petroleum engineering has to check out University of Alaska Fairbanks. Located in the small suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in general petroleum engineering from University of Alaska Fairbanks

Best General Petroleum Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general petroleum engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	675	21
Alaska	65	3

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General Petroleum Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Petroleum Engineering area of study, General Petroleum Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.