The 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 Texas Tech University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in petroleum engineering, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Texas Tech was ranked #6 on College Factual's Best Schools for petroleum engineering list. It is also ranked #3 in Texas.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Texas Tech paid an average of $698 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $289 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,683 | $20,953 |
Fees | $2,917 | $2,917 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,956 | $9,956 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,400 | $4,400 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Texas Tech in Petroleum Engineering walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 9% higher than the national average of $24,667.
petroleum engineering who receive their bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech make an average of $89,968 a year during the early days of their career. That is 35% higher than the national average of $66,442.
Online degrees for the Texas Tech petroleum engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Texas Tech Online Learning page.
About 16.0% of the students who received their BS in petroleum engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 17.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering at Texas Tech in 2019-2020, 26.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 22%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 5 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 23 |
International Students | 14 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Petroleum Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Petroleum Engineering | 50 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 98 |
Civil Engineering | 114 |
Computer Engineering | 47 |
Electrical Engineering | 75 |
Environmental Engineering | 25 |
*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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