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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas

5 Colleges
$156,753 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 445 degrees and certificates were awarded to petroleum engineering students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #108 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for petroleum engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top Texas Schools for a Master's in Petroleum Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best school in Texas for petroleum engineering students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for petroleum engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best petroleum engineering schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a great place for petroleum engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma 137
New Mexico 24

Petroleum Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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