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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Petroleum Engineering

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the petroleum engineering progam at Texas Tech 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech. This makes it the #8 most popular school for petroleum engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Graduates

The median salary of petroleum engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $89,229. This is 11% higher than $80,660, which is the national average for all petroleum engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students earned a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech. About 21% of these graduates were women and the other 79% were men. The typical petroleum engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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	6
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a master’s in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech in 2021, 87% were men and 13% were women.

In the petroleum engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Texas Tech also has a doctoral program available in petroleum engineering. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.