Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University

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 Texas Tech University stacks up to those at other schools.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322.

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.

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at Texas 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.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in petroleum engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech 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.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Texas Tech University with a bachelor's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	18
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of petroleum engineering master's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	12
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas Tech University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Petroleum Engineering	50

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Energy Systems Engineering
• General Engineering
• Biomedical 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 TX, the home state for Texas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Johan Hendrikse under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.