Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Every petroleum engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the petroleum engineering program at Colorado School of Mines stacks up to those at other schools.

Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and has a total student population of 6,744.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Petroleum Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Mines Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering

Mines Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Petroleum Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in petroleum engineering, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the petroleum engineering majors at Colorado School of Mines.

Mines Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical petroleum engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% women. So female students are more repesented at Mines since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a bachelor's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Mines Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of petroleum engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a master's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colorado School of Mines. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Petroleum Engineering	86

Related Majors

• Biological Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• General Engineering

Careers That Petroleum Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in petroleum engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Colorado School of Mines.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Petroleum Engineers	1,240	$153,640
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cperko under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.