Petroleum Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and approximately 1,686 students attend the school each year. Of the 225 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 2021, 15 of them were petroleum engineering majors.

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.

New Mexico Tech Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

New Mexico Tech Petroleum Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks petroleum engineering programs across the country. The following shows how New Mexico Tech performed in these rankings.

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 New Mexico 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Schools	3
Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
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Best Value Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	21
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools	23
Best Petroleum Engineering Schools	23

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in petroleum engineering from New Mexico Tech. This makes it the #11 most popular school for petroleum engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in petroleum engineering, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of New Mexico Tech Petroleum Engineering Graduates

The median salary of petroleum engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at New Mexico Tech is $70,180. This is less than $80,660, which is the national average of all petroleum engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the petroleum engineering majors at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

New Mexico Tech Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 petroleum engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from New Mexico Tech, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical petroleum engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at New Mexico Tech since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 59% more racial-ethnic minorities in its petroleum engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a bachelor's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

New Mexico Tech Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 7 petroleum engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from New Mexico Tech, about 57% were men and 43% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a master's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

New Mexico Tech also has a doctoral program available in petroleum engineering. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260

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 Atomic Energy505 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.