Petroleum Engineering
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Early Career Income
$139,147
Lifetime Income
$7.01M
Unemployment rate
2.3%
Female share
16.3%
Occupation concentration
55.9%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
16.9%
% who double-major
8.5%
BA Graduates from 2024
489
-22.0% vs 2023
How Petroleum Engineering compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
100th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 100% of majors
64th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 64% of majors
75th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 75% of majors
Top occupations
- Petroleum, mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
- Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Petroleum Engineering.
- Petroleum Engineering
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology