Petroleum Engineering at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette stacks up to those at other schools.

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 16,450 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.

UL Lafayette Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering

UL Lafayette Petroleum Engineering Rankings

The petroleum engineering major at UL Lafayette 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 UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of petroleum engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% 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 UL Lafayette since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering at UL Lafayette are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in petroleum engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Petroleum Engineering

The following petroleum engineering concentations are available at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Petroleum Engineering	30

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• General Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical 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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Petroleum Engineers	1,440	$145,880
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,300	$151,220
Engineering Professors	270	$95,220

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.