LSU or Texas A&M?

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>Ok, so I know Texas A&M has a better petroleum engineering program. But being out of state, it would be difficult to get an out-of-state tuition waiver. And even with an EFC of 0, it is highly likely that I will have to take loans ranging from 4-8k. LSU's petroleum engineering isn't ranked the best in the nation as is TAMU's, but it's like 15x more more affordable.</p>

<p>Rankings aside, will it make a difference where I go for petroleum engineering? From what I've heard, especially for PetE, companies could care less where you went to school. Could someone verify this?</p>

<p>Also, are there any companies that look for specific schools to recruit petE majors from? I know that 25% of all US petroleum engineers from the US come from UT Austin. But we also have to consider that UT is a huge school, with thousands of students geared towards that profession.</p>

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<p>If this helps:</p>

<p>**Texas A&M <a href=“Ctrl%20F%20to%20%5BI%5DMajor:%20Petroleum%20Engineering%5B/I%5D”>/B</a>
[Survey</a> Results for Texas A&M University Post Graduation Plans<br>Spring 2010 (Generated 07/09/2010)](<a href=“http://careercenter.tamu.edu/guides/reports/WhoHiresMyMajor/2010/spring/Spring2010_Engineering.htm]Survey”>http://careercenter.tamu.edu/guides/reports/WhoHiresMyMajor/2010/spring/Spring2010_Engineering.htm)</p>

<p>**LSU<a href=“Ctrl%20F%20to%20%5BI%5DPetroleum%20Engineering%20BS%20in%5B/I%5D%20after%20expanding%20the%20%5BI%5DStarting%20Salary%20Offers%20-%20LSU%20graduates%5B/I%5D%20option”>/B</a>
<a href=“http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/career/cemployersweb.nsf/$Content/LSU+Quick+Facts?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=3%2C2.8#_Section3”>http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/career/cemployersweb.nsf/$Content/LSU+Quick+Facts?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=3%2C2.8#_Section3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You just answered your own question. Pay OOS rates of $36K+ or get a discount at LSU for essentially the same salary at the end.</p>