2025 Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
9Colleges in the Southwest Region
577Petroleum Engineering Degrees Awarded
$70,564Avg Early-Career Salary
Petroleum Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #223 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of petroleum engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 577 degrees in petroleum engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of petroleum engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for petroleum engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Petroleum Engineering in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of petroleum engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Petroleum Engineering
It's hard to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you wish to pursue a degree in petroleum engineering. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 175 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year. Petroleum Engineering degree recipients from Texas A&M University - College Station earn a boost of around $25,562 above the average income of petroleum engineering graduates.
Every student pursuing a degree in petroleum engineering has to check out The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 117 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the petroleum engineering program at The University of Texas at Austin get $16,197 more than the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in petroleum engineering has to look into University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Norman. A Best Colleges rank of #191 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Oklahoma is a great university overall.
There were roughly 76 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the petroleum engineering program earn about $61,223 in their early career salary.
Texas Tech University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in petroleum engineering. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 54 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year. Those petroleum engineering students who get their degree from Texas Tech University make $9,896 more than the standard petroleum engineering graduate.
UH is a very large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 50 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the petroleum engineering program earn an average of $52,295 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 47 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Tulsa in the most recent year we have data available.
New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Socorro. This school ranks 7th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 14 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at New Mexico Tech in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, petroleum engineering degree recipients typically earn an average of $42,325 at the beginning of their careers.
UT Permian Basin is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Odessa. This university ranks 81st out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 24 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Permian Basin in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the petroleum engineering program make about $61,299 in the first couple years of working.
Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Kingsville. This university ranks 98th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 12 petroleum engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Kingsville in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the petroleum engineering program report average early career wages of $43,257.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of petroleum engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for petroleum engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
