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General Petroleum Engineering at University of Southern California

General Petroleum Engineering at University of Southern California

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

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 General Petroleum Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USC General Petroleum Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in General Petroleum Engineering

USC General Petroleum Engineering Rankings

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 USC

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

USC General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Program

22% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of general petroleum engineering master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 5
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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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