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 Marietta College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in petroleum engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
You can jump to any section of this page using the links below:
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Marietta was ranked #16 on College Factual's Best Schools for petroleum engineering list. It is also ranked #1 in Ohio.
Here are some of the other rankings for Marietta.
Part-time undergraduates at Marietta paid an average of $1,193 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $35,030 | $35,030 |
| Fees | $1,010 | $1,010 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,276 | $1,276 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $11,548 | $11,548 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,600 | $1,600 |
Learn more about Marietta tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Marietta 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.
The median early career salary of petroleum engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Marietta is $75,090 per year. That is 13% higher than the national average of $66,442.
Marietta does not offer an online option for its petroleum engineering bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Marietta Online Learning page.
Women made up around 17.0% of the petroleum engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 17.0%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree at Marietta 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 | 21 |
| International Students | 24 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Petroleum Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Petroleum Engineering | 47 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
