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Best Schools for General Petroleum Engineering in West Virginia
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general petroleum engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in General Petroleum Engineering
Leading the list is West Virginia University, our #1 school for general petroleum engineering. This very large public university is located in the city of Morgantown. West Virginia University graduates 64% of students within six years. About 21 general petroleum engineering degrees were awarded at West Virginia University in the most recent year. Students who receive their general petroleum engineering degree from West Virginia University earn around $68,913 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $26,000.
More information about a degree in general petroleum engineering from West Virginia University
Notes and References
The ranking above is published 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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