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2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,582 people earned their degree in general petroleum engineering, making the major the 263rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 765 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 145 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in general petroleum engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general petroleum engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general petroleum engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree general petroleum engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Petroleum Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 46 degrees to qualified masters’s general petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s general petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree general petroleum engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, OSU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 24 masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s general petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology are $25,602.

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#9 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s general petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s general petroleum engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree general petroleum engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

University of Tulsa did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #9. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree general petroleum engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Tulsa has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Tulsa are $24,080, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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