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2023 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,162 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 119 degrees and certificates were awarded to mining & petroleum technology students who went to a Louisiana college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for mining & petroleum tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Mining & Petroleum Technology

Our analysis found Fletcher Technical Community College to be the best value school for mining & petroleum technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Louisiana. Fletcher Technical Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Schriever.

Fletcher Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,119 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Fletcher Technical Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at South Louisiana Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mining & petroleum technology schools in Louisiana. South Louisiana Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Louisiana Community College are $4,205 a year.

South Louisiana Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 33
Virginia 1
Kentucky 0
Mississippi 19

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, mining & petroleum technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mining & Petroleum Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Petroleum Technology/Technician 392
Mining Technology/Technician 15
Other Mining & Petroleum Technologies 3

Majors Similar to Mining & Petroleum Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jeffrey Beall.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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