Petroleum Engineering at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

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 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Permian Basin is located in Odessa, Texas and approximately 5,530 students attend the school each year.

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.

UT Permian Basin Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering

UT Permian Basin Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at UT Permian Basin 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 UT Permian Basin

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

UT Permian Basin Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% 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 UT Permian Basin since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin with a bachelor's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Petroleum Engineering	28

Related Majors

• Mechanical 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 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.