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Most Popular Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Most Popular Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

3 Colleges
$53,687 Avg Salary
$19,625 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree School for You

Mining & Petroleum Technology is the #46 most popular major in the country with 410 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Most Popular Mining & Petroleum Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mining & Petroleum Technology program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mining & petroleum tech majors pursuing a associate degree.

#1

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Lackawanna College the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for mining & petroleum technology students working on their associate degree. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

Women make up 5% of the mining & petroleum tech majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that mining & petroleum tech majors at Lackawanna College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $13,737.

Full Mining & Petroleum Technology at Lackawanna College Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Pleasant Gap, CPI is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Bradford landed the # 3 spot on the list. Pitt Bradford is a small public school located in the remote town of Bradford.

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Best Mining & Petroleum Technology Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 22

Mining & Petroleum Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Mining & Petroleum Tech Concentrations

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 3 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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