Petroleum engineers work on designing methods to get oil and gas deposits out of the earth. They design drilling methods and equipment for extracting oil and gas from the crust from the inside of the earth.
The starting salary for a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering is $83,121.
The average salary for a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering is $108,020.
In 2008, there were 21,900 petroleum engineers in the field. Petroleum engineering is one of the lower populated fields of engineering, but also one of the highest paid.
Petroleum engineering is expected to have an 18% growth in the field population in the next 10 years. This is faster than average for all of the fields.
The main society for petroleum engineers is the Society of Petroleum Engineers (http://www.spe.org/index.php).
Graduates can start the licensing process by completing the examination, which is split into two parts. Upon graduation the Fundamentals of Engineering exam can be taken. If passed, the student is considered an engineer in training. After a student has gained work experience in the field, the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam is taken to become an engineer.
The top three schools in the U.S. for petroleum engineering are the Texas A&M University-College Station, the University of Texas-Austin, and Stanford University (CA).
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