Petroleum Engineering
26 colleges offer Petroleum Engineering in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $51,957, from $25,002 at the lowest program to $86,660 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $80,435 on average, from $69,557 at the lowest program to $94,544 at the highest.
Is a Petroleum Engineering degree worth it?
Across 20 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $79,614 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $74,136 and $86,121. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $36,000. Debt is 0.45x first-year earnings, which ranks 20th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 26
- Average Debt on Graduation: $51,957
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $80,435
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Institution name
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Credential
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Degree type: Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, etc.
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Saint Francis University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mississippi State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Bachelor's Degree | $25,002 | No data | $69,557 |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $70,180 |
| University of Kansas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $71,179 |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $72,626 |
| University of Houston | Bachelor's Degree | $34,248 | No data | $73,141 |
| West Virginia University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $74,468 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $24,000 | $75,560 |
| Marietta College | Bachelor's Degree | $35,817 | No data | $76,751 |
| University of Wyoming | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $77,157 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $85,040 | No data | $78,626 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $47,756 | No data | $80,601 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $80,718 |
| University of North Dakota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $84,111 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $36,080 | $84,377 |
| University of Tulsa | Bachelor's Degree | $49,176 | $36,000 | $85,730 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,689 | $87,293 |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $88,833 |
| Texas Tech University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $89,229 |
| Colorado School of Mines | Bachelor's Degree | $86,660 | $92,982 | $94,022 |
| Montana Technological University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $94,544 |
| American University In Cairo (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas A & M International University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |