<p>Hi I was wondering if it's still worth it to major in petroleum engineering or is the oil industry going to be dead by the time I get to the college (I graduate high school in 2016)</p>
<p>Since you have two more years of HS I would worry about it later. IMO the field won’t be dead because we’ll be trying to get more out of what’s left.</p>
<p>The oil industry won’t be dead. It may be over-saturated given the huge numbers of students and schools pursing majors/ programs in PetE but it’s simply not conceivable that by 2020 the oil industry will have collapsed.</p>
<p>Having a broad goal (engineering) is great, but remember most college students change their major, on average at least three times. Worrying much about which engineering field is premature unless you are actually in college. Given the overlap between Petroleum and Chemical and Mechanical (the latter two may change a lot - but are not going away or shrink dramatically by the time you graduate).</p>
<p>If you liked Physics and Math (in High School) then by all means plan to study engineering and plan to take the common prerequisite courses that all engineering majors require (Physics/Chemistry/Calculus/DifferentialEquations) but at many Universities you can’t even officially declare a major until your sophomore year so there is no hurry to decide.</p>
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<p>Study what you like in terms of engineering. If you like geology and math, study petro. If u like programming, study EE. You like engines, study Mech…You get the point. </p>
<p>Oil industry hires every major and pays them all well. Right now at an oil company the avg engineer is STARTING at about 90-110k depending on their major. Petro being paid the highest, but they’re not as diverse as a Chem or Mech engr in terms of careers. </p>
<p>Industry isn’t going anywhere for at least 50 years; look at the investments we’re making at Chevron. A lot of resources to exploit. </p>