Petroleum Engineering at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744.

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.

KU Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

KU Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at KU 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 KU

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

KU Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% 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 KU since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

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

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

KU Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of petroleum engineering master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Kansas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Petroleum Engineering	35

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Other Engineering
• Computer 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,520	$129,220
Engineering Professors	310	$107,820
Petroleum Engineers	150	$118,160

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 Arnhem under License

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