Petroleum Engineering at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 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.

USC Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

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

USC Petroleum Engineering Rankings

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.

Petroleum Engineering Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 19 students who graduated with a master’s in petroleum engineering from USC in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Systems Engineering
• Materials 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Petroleum Engineers	2,290	$142,430

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.