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Petroleum Technology/Technician at Houston Community College

Petroleum Technology/Technician at Houston Community College

If you are interested in studying petroleum technology/technician, you may want to check out the program at Houston Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 48,329.

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

Houston Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Petroleum Tech

Houston Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Rankings

Petroleum Tech Student Demographics at Houston Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the petroleum tech majors at Houston Community College.

Houston Community College Petroleum Technology/Technician Associate’s Program

8% Women
77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 92% of petroleum tech associate's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

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Houston Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in petroleum tech graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Houston Community College with a associate's in petroleum tech.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 0
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Petroleum Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in petroleum tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Houston Community College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Geological and Petroleum Technicians 6,000 $66,760

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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