Petro Engineering schools in California?

College Search & Selection
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<p>After looking through several other career fields I've stopped on petroleum engineering. For this I believe one would need either a Petroleum Engineering or a Geotechnological and Geoenvironmental major. I've looked over several lists of schools that offer said majors, and don't see much in the way of viable options for myself- at least with this:</p>

<p>Going on to senior year, just finished junior
HS Uwt. GPA: 3.33
HS Wt. GPA: 3.5
ACT w/ writing composite score: 33 (strong possibility of 34 if I retake)
SAT: NA
SAT II's: Math lvl2- 750, US- 720
Very few but some extracurriculars: 4 years out-of-school fencing, several in-school clubs
AP's: 6 if including senior year, 3 taken so far
HS API score: 897
HS does not provide class rankings
Residency in California
Will have 100+ hours of community service by application date
Ukrainian (no citizenship yet, greencard), overcame language barrier
Fluent in 3 languages (English, Russian, Ukrainian) and working on Spanish</p>

<p>I can't afford out-of-state tuition or private schools. That takes out the majority. I'm not getting into Cal or UCLA and UC Davis is a large stretch.</p>

<p>What are some schools in California into which I have a reasonable chance of being accepted that fit my profile, given my desired career path?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>Because there are no undergraduate programs for PetE in California, you would need to choose a major in a related field such as geophysics. I don’t know which if any schools in California actually get recruited from the oil industry though. That might be the difficult part.</p>