Petroleum Engineers

Devise methods to improve oil and gas extraction and production and determine the need for new or modified tool designs. Oversee drilling and offer technical advice.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Petroleum Engineering(masters)Texas A&M University-College Station, TX

$171,571

Civil Engineering(masters)University of Central Florida, FL

$93,343

Civil Engineering(masters)New York University, NY

$91,660

Civil Engineering(masters)Manhattan University, NY

$91,351

Civil Engineering(masters)University of Southern California, CA

$91,025

Civil Engineering(masters)New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ

$89,700

Civil Engineering(masters)University of California-San Diego, CA

$89,543

Civil Engineering(masters)Villanova University, PA

$89,030

Civil Engineering(masters)North Carolina State University at Raleigh, NC

$88,923

Civil Engineering(masters)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA

$88,805

Civil Engineering(masters)Norwich University, VT

$88,671

Civil Engineering(masters)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$88,198

Civil Engineering(masters)California State University-Fullerton, CA

$87,800

Civil Engineering(bachelors)Loyola Marymount University, CA

$87,790

Civil Engineering(masters)Mississippi State University, MS

$87,691

Civil Engineering(masters)University of Washington-Seattle Campus, WA

$87,462

Civil Engineering(masters)California State University-Sacramento, CA

$87,247

Civil Engineering(masters)University of California-Davis, CA

$86,909

Petroleum Engineering(bachelors)The University of Texas at Austin, TX

$86,761

Civil Engineering(masters)California State University-Fresno, CA

$86,634

Civil Engineering(masters)California State University-Los Angeles, CA

$86,634

Civil Engineering(masters)Santa Clara University, CA

$86,634

Civil Engineering(masters)California Institute of Technology, CA

$86,634

Civil Engineering(masters)California Baptist University, CA

$86,634

Civil Engineering(masters)California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, CA

$86,634