<p>Many of the top 17 schools for petroleum engineering are not super-competitive for admissions:</p>
<p>Colorado School of Mines
Louisiana State University and A&M College
Marietta College
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Formerly University of Missouri-Rolla)
Montana Tech of the University of Montana (Formerly Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
The University of Kansas (Formerly University of Kansas)
The University of Tulsa (Formerly University of Tulsa)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Formerly University of Southwestern Louisiana)
University of Oklahoma
University of Texas at Austin
University of Wyoming
West Virginia University</p>