by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,256 people earned their degree in petroleum engineering, making the major the 223rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, petroleum engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $83,917 and had an average of $25,780 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 468 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $93,179 and $22,410 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 274 petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in petroleum engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in petroleum engineering.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree petroleum engineering students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Permian Basin is a medium-sized school located in Odessa, Texas that handed out 28 bachelors’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville Petroleum Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 106 bachelors’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 67 bachelors’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s petroleum engineering degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas ranking. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University
With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Petroleum Engineering Major in Texas list. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M International University
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
