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Best Schools for Petroleum Engineering in Colorado
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 petroleum engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Petroleum Engineering
Leading the list is Colorado School Of Mines, our #1 school for petroleum engineering. Set in the suburb of Golden, Colorado School Of Mines is a moderately-sized public institution. The six-year graduation rate is 82%. Colorado School Of Mines awarded about 35 petroleum engineering degrees in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, petroleum engineering degree recipients from Colorado School Of Mines generally make around $77,400. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete this degree.
More information about a degree in petroleum engineering from Colorado School Of Mines
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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