Petroleum Engineering at Mississippi State University

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study petroleum engineering, take a look at what Mississippi State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 22,986.

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.

Mississippi State Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering

Mississippi State Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at Mississippi State 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.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at Mississippi State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the petroleum engineering majors at Mississippi State University.

Mississippi State Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

5% Women

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 95% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 5% went to women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering at Mississippi State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Mississippi State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Petroleum Engineering	15

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Architectural and Engineering Managers	890	$122,550
Engineering Professors	190	$102,730

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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