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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Petroleum Engineering is the #193 most popular major in the country with 401 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Petroleum Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for petroleum engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular school in the United States for petroleum engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in petroleum engineering at Texas A&M College Station, 78% are male and 22% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular petroleum engineering schools in the United States. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Women make up 5% of the petroleum engineering majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 18% of the petroleum engineering majors at the school.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for petroleum engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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#5

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular petroleum engineering schools in the United States. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

About 13% of the students majoring in petroleum engineering at the school are women while 88% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great place for petroleum engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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#5

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 13% of the students majoring in petroleum engineering at the school are women while 88% are male.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for petroleum engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

About 14% of the students majoring in petroleum engineering at the school are women while 86% are male.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

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#10

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

With a ranking of #10, University of Tulsa did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for petroleum engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

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Petroleum Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Petroleum Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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