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2022 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

3 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$24,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 138 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general petroleum engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general petroleum engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Petroleum Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 17 masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology General Petroleum Engineering Report

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 5 masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UND also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326.

Read more about General Petroleum Engineering at University of North Dakota

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

KU also made our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007.

Read more about General Petroleum Engineering at KU

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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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