2026 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools in West Virginia
[General Petroleum Engineering](/majors/engineering/petroleum-engineering/general-petroleum-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong general petroleum engineering education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for general petroleum engineering students.
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2026 Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools in West Virginia
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in general petroleum engineering, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value General Petroleum Engineering Schools
For return on investment in general petroleum engineering, no school beat West Virginia University this year. Set in the city of Morgantown, West Virginia University is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $10,104, compared with $28,608 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $26,000 to complete the general petroleum engineering program here. General Petroleum Engineering graduates of West Virginia University earn a median of $68,913 early in their careers. Set against $26,000 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. West Virginia University admits about 89% of applicants.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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