2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
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In 2019-2020, 1,582 people earned their degree in petroleum engineering, making the major the 180th most popular in the United States. 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 13 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,500 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality petroleum engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the petroleum engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn State University Park, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728, 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%.
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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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