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2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

2 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$51,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Petroleum Engineering is the 263rd most popular major in the country with 1,582 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 73 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Petroleum Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Stanford, California, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stanford, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.

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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%.

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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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