General Petroleum Engineering at University of Houston

If you plan to study general petroleum engineering, take a look at what University of Houston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Petroleum Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UH General Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

UH General Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The general petroleum engineering major at UH is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in general petroleum engineering, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at UH

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

UH General Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of general petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women. The typical general petroleum engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general 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 general petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UH General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the general petroleum engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That General Petroleum Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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

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