by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Petroleum Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Petroleum Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Wyoming. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in petroleum engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UW paid an average of $843 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $282 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,076 | $15,174 |
| Fees | $1,441 | $1,441 |
Online degrees for the UW petroleum engineering doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UW Online Learning page.
About 12.5% of the students who received their PhD in petroleum engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 11.4%.
Of those students who received a doctor’s degree at UW in petroleum engineering at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 7 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Petroleum Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Petroleum Engineering | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to petroleum engineering.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | 2 |
| Civil Engineering | 6 |
| Electrical Engineering | 3 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 4 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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