Facts and Rankings
Best Petroleum Engineering Program in the World
Best Graduate Petroleum Engineering Program in the U.S.
National Academy of Engineering Members
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Students
- Approximately 430 undergraduate students enrolled
- Approximately 150 graduate students enrolled
- Undergraduates: 27% Hispanic | 24% Women | 4% Black
- Graduate students: 21% Women | 83% International
- 8 petroleum and geosystems engineering student organizations
- 90% of BS graduates receive job offers or attend grad school upon graduation
- $104K average starting salary for petroleum engineering BS graduates
Faculty
National academy members, award-winning teachers, world-changing inventors — these are the professors who teach and conduct research in the Hildebrand Department. Among the Texas PGE faculty community are:
- 5 members of the National Academy of Engineering
- 16 distinguished members of the Society of Petroleum Engineering
- 3 Texas Exes Teachers of the Year
- 2 National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipients
Alumni
The UT PGE alumni community consists of corporate and community thought leaders who are behind some of the most influential energy innovations of the last 100 years. From Nick Steinsberger (BSPE 1987), who discovered the technique for modern-day hydraulic fracturing, to Scott Sheffield (BSPE 1975), the CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, the Hildebrand Department is known for producing a distinguished community of graduates on the forefront of energy engineering.
Beyond traditional oil and gas, UT PGE alumni work around the world in geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen storage, subsurface data analytics, AI and machine learning, and more.