The 17 colleges that score highest for Petroleum engineering on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
17 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 17 of 17 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $139,867 · 61 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $114,686 · 91 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $113,669 · 68 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Tulsa | OK | Median earnings $145,353 · 15 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | Colorado School of Mines | CO | Median earnings $116,691 · 28 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | Median earnings $123,416 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $139,864 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $103,421 · 27 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | MO | Median earnings $102,405 · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of Houston | TX | Median earnings $94,651 · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of North Dakota | ND | Median earnings $99,932 · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | LA | Median earnings $102,594 · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Wyoming | WY | Median earnings $100,911 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | West Virginia University | WV | Median earnings $91,142 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Montana Technological University | MT | Median earnings $106,076 · 10 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | TX | Median earnings $56,073 (college-wide) · 17 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Marietta College | OH | Median earnings $99,295 · 11 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees |
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