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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Kansas

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$25,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master's in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Petroleum Engineering is the 180th most popular major in the country with 1,582 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, petroleum engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,730 and had an average of $24,667 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kansas, there were 37 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,000 and $26,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 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 Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas master’s degree petroleum engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Kansas

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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