<p>What schools would offer a concentration on oil sector in their business administration and marketing programs? Which ones would be considered the best - would that at a Texan school like A&M? Thanks for your advice.</p>
<p>Why would you want to focus yourself so much on one industry? I would suggest going to a good undergrad business school, and trying to take some classes relating to the oil industry if they are available. Keeping options open in undergrad is important.</p>
<p>I don’t think schools offer a concentration on oil management. I’ve seen sports management, and I’ve seen business management, and that’s it.</p>
<p>You may consider petroleum engineering, which is a major that almost every school offers. University of Tulsa, Stanford, Texas A&M, University of Oklahoma, Penn State, and University of Texas have the best petroleum engineering schools in the country</p>
<p>hey man, i’d highly recommend OU; they have a program, and it has a 100% placement rate.</p>
<p>Ahem <em>OU Sucks</em> Ahem…</p>
<p>You might want to check out Texas Tech’s program in Energy Commerce
[Texas</a> Tech University Energy Commerce Program](<a href=“http://ec.ba.ttu.edu/curriculum.htm]Texas”>http://ec.ba.ttu.edu/curriculum.htm)</p>
<p>Or Univ or Ok’s program in Energy Managment
[Academic</a> Interests](<a href=“http://webapps.ou.edu/academics/default.cfm?CFID=11496043&CFTOKEN=92535649&result&id=1775738]Academic”>http://webapps.ou.edu/academics/default.cfm?CFID=11496043&CFTOKEN=92535649&result&id=1775738)</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken UT has a program in engergy management or something along those lines, you might want to check that out. I know a good bit of petrol E students end up doing that after undergrad to get managment qualifications. Although, getting a grad degree in business after engineering is not all that impressive, or amusing. Especially when your supervisors will more than likely have PhD’s in their respective engineering fields. It is something that you wouldn’t want to throw out there, lol. Which is why I decided to negate the thought of doing anything with business after a double PhD engineering manager at a major oil corp told me in private,“I don’t give a damn if someone does have a PhD, that doesn’t mean anything, the classroom and real world industry experience are two different animals. There are a hell of a lot of people who know way more than you’ll ever know, and ever will know, and when you invest 20 years or so then maybe you might know something.” Ahhh, can I say I felt a little small, although it was a major learning experience, and that in reality, anyone coming out of school doesn’t know their ass from a hole in the ground. Whatever the case, all pride needs to go out the window, no matter where you come from, because some people are just waiting to pounce because they have been there for way too long and are like mother bears protecting their cubs.</p>