2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,256 people earned their degree in petroleum engineering, making the major the 223rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, petroleum engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $83,917 and had an average of $25,780 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 122 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,630 and $26,706 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in petroleum engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their petroleum engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering in the Plains States Region

1

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

#13 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

2

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Dakota is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UND Petroleum Engineering Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Petroleum Engineering

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.