Best Colleges for Petroleum Engineering?

College Search & Selection
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<p>What are the best colleges for majoring in Petroleum Engineering? Curriculum wise, job placement, and location. </p>

<p>How is Penn State, WVU, Marietta, University of Tulsa?</p>

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<p>They are fine. You need to look at south. </p>

<p>Louisiana State University
University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M</p>

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<p>University of Oklahoma is another excellent choice and offers good merit aid for OOS students with high test scores.</p>

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<p>If you are NMF or top 1% ACT/SAT scorer, check out the presidential scholars’ program at Tulsa. Room, tuition, fees are fully paid. The PE program is strong with connections worldwide.</p>

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<p>His current SATs are within the average 50% of all SAT test takers. Merit aid will likely not be a possibility at any of the institutions on the OP’s list. </p>

<p>OP, how much can you afford?</p>

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<p>You might want to look at the Colorado School of Mines.</p>

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<p>Here are the top 17 schools in the US for petroleum engineering, in alphabetical order:</p>

<p>Colorado School of Mines
Louisiana State University and A&M College
Marietta College
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
The University of Kansas
The University of Tulsa
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin
University of Wyoming
West Virginia University</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the replies!
Whenhen: money shouldn’t be an issue. Tuition wise I could between 20k-30k(not including room/board)
I will be updating my SAT scores this Thursday but I have high GPA. How’s Oklahoma’s recruitment for jobs?</p>

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<p>Virignia Tech all the way.</p>

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<p>From what I understand (I’m transferring into OU’s ConocoPhillips School of Geology/Geophysics this fall), recruitment by petrochemical firms is excellent. Almost all petroleum engineering grads find jobs before graduation. Additionally, OU’s Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy is among the best funded college in the university, and much of this funding comes from oil companies. If they’re investing in the college, they’re almost certainly hiring its grads.</p>

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<p>Why PetE? Why not ChemE? More flexible, still can get jobs in the Pet field if desired, but lots more options.</p>

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Well, that will pay for a semester at UTexas for an OOS student. You really need to look at costs more closely. What is your home state?</p>

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<p>Thanks Whenhen, you’ve been very helpful.</p>

<p>Mom2collegekids:
I’ve considering ChemE but I want to get into the exploration and discovery aspect of it and drilling, not the refining. I feel like a PetR engineering degree with a chemE minor would be more useful with companies like Chevron, shell, Exxon Mobil, etc. plus, big $ at Petr Jobs. </p>

<p>Erin’s dad:
I live PA. So penn state would be ideal, maybe WVU.
Penn state is ranked high in engineering. In PA, Tuition doesn’t cost that much, at all.</p>

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<p>Whenhen:</p>

<p>What companies come to OU to recruit? Would I be isolated to that Oklahoma/Texas location in terms of jobs?</p>

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<p>The vast majority of PetE majors do seem to end up in Oklahoma.</p>

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<p>ChemEs can go upstream also. Reservoir/Facility engineering. My buddy just accepted a Facilities Engr off shore job with Shell-he’ll be making 6 figs next year</p>

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<p>*
I live PA. So penn state would be ideal, maybe WVU.
Penn state is ranked high in engineering. In PA, Tuition doesn’t cost that much, at all.*</p>

<p>Erin’sDad is making the point that OOS schools will cost you more than your budget. </p>

<p>However, some schools may give you some merit for high stats if you have those.</p>

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The OP needs to get the SAT scores up for any merit at the places suggested.</p>

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<p>iSATS: 490 (CR) 550 (M) 560 (W)</p>

<p>Hmm…not the stats that usually does well in engineering majors. What’s the highest math you’ve taken so far?</p>

<p>Eng’g requires a lot of math. That req’t often weeds out a whole bunch of students within the first year.</p>

<p>No offense, but your high grades and modest test scores suggest either an easier curriculum or a school with massive grade inflation.</p>

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<p>^Its one thing to say your SAT scores are low but telling someone they won’t succeed in engineering just because of their math score is another thing. </p>

<p>" In PA, Tuition doesn’t cost that much, at all. "</p>

<p>Pennsylvania State University and University of Pittsburgh are the most expensive colleges for in-state students. So, that statement is invalid. </p>

<p>If you are from PA attend Penn State unless another University costs the same.</p>