Enrollments at petroleum engineering schools are soaring, driven by forecasts for high energy prices and the promise of a big paycheck. A near record number of freshmen -- 90 -- entered the University ...

Texas' roots in the American oil and gas industry are as deep as its wells (i.e., earth-shatteringly deep). Scott Lindberg, who recently graduated from UT's petroleum engineering program, told ...

The rapidly growing demand for UND's petroleum engineering program, which will turn 3 years old this fall, is the driving force behind a $10 million expansion that could be fully funded as early as ...

Petroleum engineers can make big money — but right now there aren't a lot of takers for the gig. New student enrollment in petroleum-engineering programs — the sector of engineering related to oil and ...

The Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh's Oakland campus. The University of Pittsburgh is launching a new program that seeks to future-proof degrees for people who want to work in ...

GRAND FORKS - The University of North Dakota is stepping on the gas to meet the needs of North Dakota's oil boom. The new Department of Petroleum Engineering at UND has enrolled 40 students in its ...

TULSA — The petroleum engineering field has been hit with a double whammy - the pandemic and the natural fluctuation of the oil and gas industry. Petroleum engineering students hope to have the most ...

Undergraduate enrollment in petroleum engineering is down 75% since 2014, WSJ reported. That's despite the fact that the average petroleum engineering grad makes 40% more than a computer science grad.