<p>I live in PA and Penn State is like one of the only colleges around that offer this as a major. IF i went here would it be setting me back in terms of job opportunites as opposed to all the Texas schools? If so, How would undergrad at PSU and then grad at UT Austin look?</p>
<p>Also, in Pennsylvania, U Pittsburgh offers Petroleum Engineering.</p>
<p>Other schools with Petroleum Engineering include:
Colorado Mines, LSU, Marietta C., Missouri State, Montana Tech, New Mexico Tech, Stanford, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Alaska-Fairbanks, Kansas, Louisiana-Lafayette, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Tulsa, Wyoming, West Virginia</p>
<p>I don’t think it will set you back in terms of job opportunities as long as there is demand for petro engineers, though other states have higher oil production and this provides more internship opportunities with certain companies that operate in those states. this might provide an edge for postgrad employment with those companies. Gas engineering is another area often associated with petroleum engineering programs and this could provide other opportunities.</p>
<p>Penn State is known to have an excellent PE program. So, while you may be at a disadvantage (compared to TX, LA, OK schools) for internships (from a logistical standpoint), there should be no problem with respect to recruitment for full-time positions.</p>
<p>The petroleum engineering program at the University of Pittsburgh is not ABET accredited. Don’t go there.</p>
<p>ok thankyou, also im assuming i am limited to living in those states like texas, oklahoma etc…</p>
<p>Here is the list of ABET accredited PE programs. Take your pick!</p>
<p>[Accredited</a> Programs Search](<a href=“http://www.abet.org/AccredProgramSearch/AccreditationSearch.aspx]Accredited”>http://www.abet.org/AccredProgramSearch/AccreditationSearch.aspx)</p>
<p>Oops - this is the general search page. Select Petroleum Engineering from the drop-down list.</p>
<p>University of Alaska! Damn cheap tuition compared to other schools and you’re in the center of oil!</p>
<p>Didn’t you JUST create a thread asking about engineering majors that use high-level math? Petroleum Engineering is pretty much the opposite of that.</p>
<p>then what subjects do you reallly use in PE? i thought math would be important in how fluids flow or something</p>
<p>Petroleum engineers take 1 course in fluids. That is really all you need to know as a petroleum engineer.</p>
<p>so what subject is petro really based on?</p>
<p>I suppose sort of a funky hybrid of mechanical, civil and chemical engineering would be the way I would describe it.</p>
<p>sounds great to me! feel free to post with ANY new info about PE</p>
<p>I just feel based on your earlier thread that you will find PE to be a but too… applied.</p>
<p>You might want to contact a poster in the parents forum named TheAnalyst, as her son is a petroleum engineering major at West Virginia. I am sure she could answer a lot of your questions.</p>
<p>Here is the flow chart for an undergrad at school of mines-</p>
<p><a href=“http://petroleum.mines.edu/Documents/undergradflowchart.pdf[/url]”>http://petroleum.mines.edu/Documents/undergradflowchart.pdf</a></p>
<p>thanks everyone. My situation is just that i know i want to do engineering for sure and dont really have a preference as to which one i want to do. petroleum engineering seems interesting to me and they make great money so it seems like a good fit</p>
<p>I’m a junior in PE (PNG) at Penn State. I don’t know what bonehead means by saying it’s a combo of mech, civ, and chem. All the engineering majors are extremely similar for the first two years. (I switched from aero to petro last semester with only a couple classes to add on) All of the upper level courses are specifically for PNG i.e. PNG405-Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties. There are no overlapping courses in the upper levels among the other majors. </p>
<p>Also I don’t think any other the eng majors really are that much more math intensive than the others. Everyone takes calc and diff eqs and then applies them lightly in other classes.</p>
<p>If I knew I was going to study PNG before coming to school, I probably would have gone to Mines b/c I think it would be awesome going to school out west in CO, plus they have a better program, but that’s just me.</p>
<p>mcubed23 i agree the programs are better out west and south so do you think going to PSU for undergrad and then goin to texas or A&M for grad would work out well?</p>
<p>I meant what I said in terms of the science begin it, not the actual upper-level courses. And not all engineering majors “apply them lightly” later on. Some branches of engineering apply it heavily and even tend to prefer taking higher math classes. Petroleum engineering is pretty notoriously “applied” and therefore math-light compared to some majors. That isn’t a knock on PetE’s. It is just a statement.</p>
<p>Panther22, grad school is pretty much a waste of time and money for petroleum engineers unless you want to teach. It doesn’t really give you a salary benefit. Also, don’t choose a major based on money.</p>