Job Description: The study of a Petroleum Engineer is to understand geology, economics, drilling, and the physics of oil, water, gas, and earth at high pressures. They study these subjects do that they can know how to find oil or gas, know how to get them to the surface, and do it in a money efficient manner.
Starting Salary: $114,994
Avarage Salary: $119,960
Gender:
Female 11% |  | Male 89% |  |
Job Outlook: There is expected to be an 18% employment growth for petroleum engineers as resources are increasingly needed, and are increasingly hard to get. The number of open jobs also makes it easy for new graduates to get jobs.
Top schools:
1. Texas A&M University–College Station
2. University of Texas–Austin
3. Stanford University
1. Texas A&M University–College Station
2. University of Texas–Austin
3. Stanford University
Professional Societies and Licensing:
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
International Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI)
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (APG)The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
International Petroleum Technology Institute (IPTI)
