- Job Description - Petroleum Engineers design and look over the process of getting oil and natural gas out of the ground and into storage tanks.
- Starting Bachelor's Degree Salary - $83,121
- Average Salary - $108,020
- Employment Numbers in the United States - 21,900
- Job Outlook - Petroleum Engineers are expected to have an employment growth of 18% over the next decade.
- Professional Societies -
- Society of Professional Engineers
- 3 Top Schools -
- Texas A&M University
- University of Texas -- Austin
- Stanford University
http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/75/Petroleum-Engineer.html
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm
http://www.spe.org/index.php
