Petroleum Engineering at Marietta College

What traits are you looking for in a petroleum engineering school? To help you decide if Marietta College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's petroleum engineering program.

Marietta is located in Marietta, Ohio and approximately 1,254 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Marietta.

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.

Marietta Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering

Marietta Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the petroleum engineering progam at Marietta 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 Marietta 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
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Schools	1
Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Petroleum Engineering Schools	13
	15
	20
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools	21

How Much Do Petroleum Engineering Graduates from Marietta Make?

The median salary of petroleum engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Marietta is $76,751. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $80,660 for all petroleum engineering students.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at Marietta

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the petroleum engineering majors at Marietta College.

Marietta Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Marietta also has a doctoral program available in petroleum engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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 OH, the home state for Marietta College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Architectural and Engineering Managers	6,160	$135,360
Engineering Professors	1,530	$113,110
Petroleum Engineers	340	$94,270

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 Bwsmith84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.