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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from UT Permian Basin.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the petroleum engineering progam at UT Permian Basin 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	4
Best Value Petroleum Engineering Schools	5
	5
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Petroleum Engineering Schools	6
Best Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Petroleum Engineering Schools	9
Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools	17

How Much Do Petroleum Engineering Graduates from UT Permian Basin Make?

The median salary of petroleum engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Permian Basin is $88,833. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $80,660 for all petroleum engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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, 79% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women. The typical petroleum engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Permian Basin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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	7
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Permian Basin also has a doctoral program available in petroleum engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.