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Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University

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Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University

If you are interested in studying petroleum engineering, you may want to check out the program at Texas Tech University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received their master's degree in petroleum engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Petroleum Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Petroleum Engineering

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Rankings

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in petroleum engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at Texas Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the petroleum engineering majors at Texas Tech University.

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

13% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The petroleum engineering program at Texas Tech awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 87% of these degrees went to men with the other 13% going to women.

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In the petroleum engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a master's in petroleum engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Petroleum Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in petroleum engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Texas Tech University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Petroleum Engineers 19,260 $169,010
Architectural and Engineering Managers 12,920 $167,280
Engineering Professors 3,890 $123,200

References

*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.

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