Petroleum Engineering at Montana Technological University

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

Montana Tech is located in Butte, Montana and has a total student population of 1,650.

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.

Montana Tech Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

Montana Tech Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at Montana Tech 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 Montana Tech

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

Montana Tech Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% 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 Montana Tech since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering at Montana Tech 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 Montana Technological University with a bachelor's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Montana Tech 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 Montana Technological University with a master's in petroleum engineering.

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

Concentrations Within Petroleum Engineering

If you plan to be a petroleum engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Montana Technological University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Petroleum Engineering	34

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Geoscience 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 MT, the home state for Montana Technological University.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	260	$125,330
Petroleum Engineers	210	$141,530
Engineering Professors	80	$67,970

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.