by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
Petroleum Engineering is the 223rd most popular major in the country with 1,256 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southeast region, there were 193 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,195 and $27,233 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in petroleum engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in petroleum engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The petroleum engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree petroleum engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s petroleum engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 15 masters’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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