<p>which schools are best at petro engineering. looks like a good career opportunity since theyre really starting to hit the barnett shale which i live on</p>
<p>The USNews graduate rankings for PetE. Keep in mind, this is only for grad.</p>
<ol>
<li> Stanford University (CA) 4.6
University of TexasAustin 4.6 </li>
<li> Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station (Look) 4.0 </li>
<li> University of Tulsa (OK) 3.9 </li>
<li> Colorado School of Mines 3.8 </li>
<li> University of Oklahoma 3.3 </li>
<li> Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park 3.2 </li>
<li> University of Southern California (Viterbi) 3.0 </li>
<li> Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge 2.8 </li>
<li> Texas Tech University<br></li>
</ol>
<p>However, you should understand that you don't need a PetE degree to become a petroleum engineering. The industry hires plenty of people with degrees in related fields such as ME, CivilE, Mining Engineering, Geological/Earth Resources Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, ChemE, and nowadays a lot of computer science/EE (because of all of the computerized reservoir mapping). Hence, I wouldn't turn down a strong school in those fields, but that doesn't have a PetE degree, in favor of some no-name school that does offer PetE.</p>
<p>anyone know anymore about tech? it would offer an opportunity to be close to my family for 4 years</p>
<p>Texas A&M and UT Austin are really well known for their programs.</p>
<p>UT-Austin</p>
<p>Its the #1 ranked Petro School,</p>
<p>They offer a 5 year NO THESIS, master program</p>
<p>and from what my friend tells me, they have a ton of scholarship money.</p>
<p>UAlberta's one of the top petro and mining engineering schools in the world.</p>