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Best Schools for General Petroleum Engineering in the Great Lakes Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall general petroleum engineering education in the Great Lakes Region.
Top Schools in General Petroleum Engineering
Our analysis ranked Marietta College the best school in the country for a degree in general petroleum engineering. Located in the town of Marietta, Marietta College is a small private not-for-profit university. Roughly 61% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 11 general petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at Marietta College in the most recent data year. Graduates of the general petroleum engineering program make about $82,205 in their early career. Marietta College graduates carry a median of $27,000 in student loans.
Read more about the general petroleum engineering program at Marietta College
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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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