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2023 Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in California

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Finding the Best Petroleum Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 25 degrees and certificates were awarded to petroleum engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #273 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Petroleum Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for petroleum engineering students who want to pursue a degree in California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for petroleum engineering students. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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Best Petroleum Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Petroleum Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 6

One of 40 majors within the area of study, petroleum engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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