Petroleum Engineering at University of Houston

What traits are you looking for in a petroleum engineering school? To help you decide if University of Houston is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's petroleum engineering program.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. In 2021, 34 petroleum engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UH.

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.

UH Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH Petroleum Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at UH 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 Value Petroleum Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	13

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in petroleum engineering from UH. This makes it the #4 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.

How Much Do Petroleum Engineering Graduates from UH Make?

The median salary of petroleum engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $73,141. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $80,660 for all petroleum engineering students.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from UH in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical petroleum engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 University of Houston with a bachelor's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	11
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UH Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

The petroleum engineering program at UH awarded 20 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 65% of these degrees went to men with the other 35% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Surveying Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Systems 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 University of Houston.

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.