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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Petroleum Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 765 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general petroleum engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general petroleum engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general petroleum engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree general petroleum engineering students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Petroleum Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 17 doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Austin General Petroleum Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 4 doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree general petroleum engineering students with aid list, Texas Tech has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UH is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 6 doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is located in Socorro, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees to qualified students.

New Mexico Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology are $25,602, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Petroleum Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

#4 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 13 doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236.

Read more about General Petroleum Engineering at University of Oklahoma

#7

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Tulsa did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general petroleum engineering degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

University of Tulsa also made our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Tulsa are $24,080, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Tulsa General Petroleum Engineering Report

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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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