Petroleum Engineering

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2022

1,111

declining 11.5%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$8,107

declining 2.43%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$45,566

growing 3%

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Petroleum Engineering and the types of students that study this field.

Tuition costs for Petroleum Engineering majors are, on average, $8,107 for in-state public colleges, and $45,566 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Petroleum Engineering programs are N/A institutions (N/A total). N/A

Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$8,107

Median In-State Public

$45,566

Median Out of State Private

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Petroleum Engineering.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in N/A in the United States.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Petroleum Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course N/A.

The most common degree types held by the working population in N/A are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.

Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Petroleum Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course N/A.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India
492,137 degree recipients
China
153,488 degree recipients
Mexico
93,296 degree recipients

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High Relative Number of Students

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There are a relatively high number of people that were born in false that hold N/A degrees (N/A times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (492,137 degree recipients).

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Petroleum Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Petroleum Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Petroleum Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Management of Material Resources, and Technology Design.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Petroleum Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.