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Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,740 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Mining & Petroleum Technology is the #22 most popular major in West Virginia with 33 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.

The Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for mining & petroleum tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Mining & Petroleum Technology

Our analysis found Pierpont Community and Technical College to be the best value school for mining & petroleum technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in West Virginia. Located in the distant town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pierpont Community and Technical College are $5,086 a year.

Pierpont Community and Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Northern Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. WVNCC is a small public school located in the small city of Wheeling.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVNCC are $4,394 per year.

Read full report on Mining & Petroleum Technology at West Virginia Northern Community College

Best Value Mining & Petroleum Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 119
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

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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