Petroleum Technology/Technician at Nicholls State University

If you are interested in studying petroleum technology/technician, you may want to check out the program at Nicholls State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Nicholls State University is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 43 students received their associate's degree in petroleum tech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Petroleum Technology/Technician section at the bottom of this page.

Nicholls State University Petroleum Technology/Technician Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Petroleum Tech
• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Tech

Online Classes Are Available at Nicholls State University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Nicholls State University offers distance education options for petroleum tech at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Nicholls State University Petroleum Technology/Technician Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the petroleum tech progam at Nicholls State University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The petroleum tech major at Nicholls State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Petroleum Technology/Technician. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Petroleum Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Best Value Petroleum Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Petroleum Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Online Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools	1
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Most Popular Online Petroleum Technology Trade Schools	1
Most Focused Petroleum Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Petroleum Technology Trade Schools	2
Most Focused Petroleum Technology Trade Schools	3
Most Focused Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools	3
Best Value Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Schools	4
Best Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools	5
Best Value Petroleum Technology Schools	6
Best Petroleum Technology Trade Schools	7
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Petroleum Tech Student Demographics at Nicholls State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the petroleum tech majors at Nicholls State University.

Nicholls State University Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 93% of petroleum tech associate's degrees went to men and 7% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in petroleum tech at Nicholls State University are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Nicholls State University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in petroleum tech graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Nicholls State University with a associate's in petroleum tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Nicholls State University Petroleum Technology/Technician Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 petroleum tech students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Nicholls State University, about 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical petroleum tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% women. So female students are more repesented at Nicholls State University since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in petroleum tech at Nicholls State University are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its petroleum tech bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Nicholls State University with a bachelor's in petroleum tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Nicholls State University also has a doctoral program available in petroleum tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Petroleum Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in petroleum tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for LA, the home state for Nicholls State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Geological and Petroleum Technicians	710	$64,640

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Z28scrambler under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.