Petroleum engineering is a unique engineering major – this is evident by the number of petroleum engineering schools. Our team found every school in the country that offers petroleum engineering. Check out the complete list to find which schools offer petroleum engineering as a major below.
Our team created this list to help students easily find and compare various institutions that offer petroleum engineering. This major is so unique that only 25 schools offer petroleum engineering at the bachelors level and only 23 schools offer it at the masters level. The complete list of schools (both bachelors and masters) can be found below.
Our list includes the following metrics:
- State
- Total Enrollment
- Acceptance Rate
- ACT 25th Percentile Score
- ACT 75th Percentile Score
- In-State Tuition
- Out-of-State Tuition
Click on the columns at the top of the table to sort the table by your desired column. We have set the table to sort by total enrollment by default.
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Complete List of Petroleum Engineering Schools – Bachelors Programs
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| wdt_ID | Institution Name | Total Enrollment | Acceptance Rate | State | ACT 25th % | ACT 75th % | In-State Tuition | Out-of-State Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado School of Mines | 6,325 | 53 | Colorado | 27 | 33 | 16,650 | 37,350 |
| 2 | Louisiana State University | 30,983 | 75 | Louisiana | 23 | 29 | 8,038 | 8,038 |
| 3 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 8,601 | 79 | Missouri | 26 | 32 | 8,512 | 26,060 |
| 4 | Montana Technological University | 1,844 | 91 | Montana | 21 | 26 | 5,707 | 20,791 |
| 5 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 1,895 | 80 | New Mexico | 23 | 29 | 6,826 | 22,194 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 46,810 | 76 | Pennsylvania | 23 | 30 | 17,416 | 34,480 |
| 7 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 68,679 | 58 | Texas | 26 | 31 | 8,532 | 34,981 |
| 8 | Texas A & M University-Kingsville | 8,541 | 77 | Texas | 17 | 22 | 4,801 | 18,191 |
| 9 | Texas Tech University | 38,209 | 69 | Texas | 22 | 27 | 6,744 | 16,704 |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | 51,832 | 32 | Texas | 27 | 33 | 10,824 | 38,326 |
Complete List of Petroleum Engineering Schools – Masters Programs
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| wdt_ID | Institution Name | Total Enrollment | Acceptance Rate | State | ACT 25th % | ACT 75th % | In-State Tuition | Out-of-State Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado School of Mines | 6,325 | 53 | Colorado | 27 | 33 | 16,650 | 37,350 |
| 2 | Louisiana State University | 30,983 | 75 | Louisiana | 23 | 29 | 8,038 | 8,038 |
| 3 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 8,601 | 79 | Missouri | 26 | 32 | 8,512 | 26,060 |
| 4 | Montana Technological University | 1,844 | 91 | Montana | 21 | 26 | 5,707 | 20,791 |
| 5 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 1,895 | 80 | New Mexico | 23 | 29 | 6,826 | 22,194 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 46,810 | 76 | Pennsylvania | 23 | 30 | 17,416 | 34,480 |
| 7 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 68,679 | 58 | Texas | 26 | 31 | 8,532 | 34,981 |
| 8 | Texas A & M University-Kingsville | 8,541 | 77 | Texas | 17 | 22 | 4,801 | 18,191 |
| 9 | Texas Tech University | 38,209 | 69 | Texas | 22 | 27 | 6,744 | 16,704 |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | 51,832 | 32 | Texas | 27 | 33 | 10,824 | 38,326 |
Breakdown of Petroleum Engineering Schools – Bachelors Programs
We have our list of institutions that offer petroleum engineering, lets break down some of the key statistics:
Texas
Texas has the most petroleum engineering schools with 6.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has the second most petroleum engineering bachelors programs with 4.
Louisiana
Louisiana comes in third with 2 schools that offer this program.
72%
Average acceptance rate of schools that offer this degree.
22
Average ACT 25th percentile score.
28
Average ACT 75th percentile score.
$12,173
Average in-state tuition for petroleum engineering schools.
$24,365
Average out-of-state tuition for schools that offer this degree program.
19,406
Average total enrollment for schools that offer this degree.
ACT Percentile Scores
A quick note about ACT 25th and 75th percentile scores – the ACT 25th percentile score is the lower end of ACT scores of students who were admitted to the school.
The ACT 75th percentile score is the upper end of ACT scores of students who were admitted to the school.
All information for this list was found from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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