Petroleum Engineering

642 students earn a petroleum engineering credential each year across 25 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out
$68,913
Typical earnings, 5 years out
$99,276

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Bachelor's programs — 25 colleges

1Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$85,7951 year out2Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$69,6031 year out3The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$86,7611 year out4Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado$77,4001 year out5Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$80,4601 year out6West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia$68,9131 year out7Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana$56,6051 year out8Marietta CollegeMarietta, Ohio$82,2051 year out9The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas$61,2991 year out10University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma$61,2231 year out11University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana$49,7811 year out12Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi—1 year out13University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma—1 year out14University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming$66,2211 year out15University of HoustonHouston, Texas$52,2951 year out16Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri$69,6701 year out17Montana Technological UniversityButte, Montana$69,2121 year out18Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas$43,2571 year out19New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, New Mexico$42,3251 year out20University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota$73,8211 year out21Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania—1 year out22University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$42,8651 year out23Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania—1 year out24University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska—1 year out25Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas—1 year out

Certificate programs — 1 college

1Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas—1 year out

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).