Petroleum Engineering

  • Petroleum engineers design new methods to extract oil and gas from underground deposits
  • About 21,900 petroleum engineers are employed
  • The job out look is good with an employment growth of 18%
  • The average salary $108,020
  • The average starting salary $83,121 for a bachelor's degree
  • top collages are University of California, MIT, and Stanford
  • Mixed with geological engineer commonly