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 A&M University - College Station. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in petroleum engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, 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. Texas A&M College Station is in the top 10% of the country for petroleum engineering. More specifically it was ranked #3 out of 27 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for Texas A&M College Station.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Texas A&M College Station was $1,196 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $301 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,395 | $36,849 |
Fees | $3,901 | $3,677 |
Books and Supplies | $1,222 | $1,222 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,400 | $11,400 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $6,062 | $6,062 |
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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. Petroleum Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Texas A&M College Station took out an average of $20,000 in student loans. That is 19% lower than the national average of $24,667.
petroleum engineering who receive their bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M College Station make an average of $78,881 a year during the early days of their career. That is 19% higher than the national average of $66,442.
Online degrees for the Texas A&M College Station 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 A&M College Station Online Learning page.
About 16.7% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 29.0% of the petroleum engineering bachelor’s degrees at Texas A&M College Station in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 22%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 27 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 83 |
International Students | 14 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
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 | 138 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 6 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 140 |
Agricultural Engineering | 41 |
Architectural Engineering | 1 |
Biomedical Engineering | 154 |
*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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