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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students received a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Mines.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Petroleum Engineering

Mines Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the petroleum engineering progam at Mines compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
	2
	4
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Schools	4

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in petroleum engineering from Mines. This makes it the #9 most popular school for petroleum engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Petroleum Engineering Graduates from Mines Make?

The median salary of petroleum engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mines is $94,022. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $80,660 for all petroleum engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 64 petroleum engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mines, about 84% were men and 16% were women.

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	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	32
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mines Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a master's degree in petroleum engineering from Mines. About 21% of these graduates were women and the other 79% were men.

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	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mines also has a doctoral program available in petroleum engineering. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.