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

1The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$86,7611 year out2Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$85,7951 year out3Marietta CollegeMarietta, Ohio$82,2051 year out4Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$80,4601 year out5Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado$77,4001 year out6University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota$73,8211 year out7Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri$69,6701 year out8Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$69,6031 year out9Montana Technological UniversityButte, Montana$69,2121 year out10West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia$68,9131 year out11University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming$66,2211 year out12The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas$61,2991 year out13University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma$61,2231 year out14Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana$56,6051 year out15University of HoustonHouston, Texas$52,2951 year out16University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana$49,7811 year out17Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas$43,2571 year out18University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$42,8651 year out19New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, New Mexico$42,3251 year out20Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi—1 year out21University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma—1 year out22Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania—1 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 (—).