Petroleum Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

What traits are you looking for in a petroleum engineering school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at Austin is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's petroleum engineering program.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 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.

UT Austin Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Petroleum Engineering Rankings

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in petroleum engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of petroleum engineering master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

In the petroleum engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 14% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

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 The University of Texas at Austin.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.