Vocational Programs for Petroleum Engineers Career

The role of Petroleum Engineers is to devise methods to improve oil and gas extraction and production and determine the need for new or modified tool designs. Oversee drilling and offer technical advice..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $148,590 and $71 per hour. 2 vocational programs could be taken for the Petroleum Engineers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 20,390 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Petroleum Engineers Career

The following 2 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Petroleum Engineers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Petroleum Engineers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	1	-	-	-	-
Petroleum Engineering	2	$29,242	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Petroleum Engineers Career

The following 18 occupations are related to Petroleum Engineers.

Related Occupations toPetroleum Engineers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Chemical Engineers	21,140	$122,910	$59
Civil Engineers	328K	$101,160	$49
Electrical Engineers	185K	$117,680	$57
Environmental Engineers	39,880	$105,840	$51
Industrial Engineers	333K	$103,150	$50
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	9,960	$108,110	$52
Mechanical Engineers	281K	$105,220	$51
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	7,040	$105,460	$51
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	73,020	$66,640	$32
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	38,930	$67,990	$33
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	8,860	$64,590	$31
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	46,150	$59,390	$29
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	176K	$50,480	$24
Power Plant Operators	31,490	$91,880	$44
Gas Plant Operators	15,930	$83,020	$40
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	33,360	$88,120	$42
Wellhead Pumpers	18,230	$69,930	$34

Schools offering vocational programs for Petroleum Engineers

The following 4 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Petroleum Engineers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.