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Best Colleges for Petroleum Engineering

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 14 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 University of Texas at Austin TX $129,468 $182,751 $263,536 $198,427
2 Texas A&M University TX $120,687 $180,116 $259,157 $195,566
3 Texas Tech University TX $121,253 $167,382 $243,875 $181,739
4 Montana Technological University MT $118,370 $162,461 $245,627 $156,062
5 Colorado School of Mines CO $116,747 $152,398 $229,087 $145,003
6 University of Oklahoma OK $110,460 $136,120 $230,831 $157,912
7 Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $90,525 $131,581 $217,790 $142,558
8 University of Wyoming WY $85,782 $120,958 $252,789 $129,923
9 University of Texas of the Permian Basin TX $93,297 $120,591 $130,935
10 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $94,851 $116,440 $223,702 $118,695
11 University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA $76,157 $115,337 $153,601 $124,959
12 Missouri University of Science and Technology MO $93,297 $112,540 $202,764 $126,166
13 West Virginia University WV $90,316 $111,311 $210,320 $124,788
14 University of Houston TX $74,219 $101,906 $110,647

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.