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CIP 14.2501 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Petroleum Engineering.

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for locating, extracting, processing and refining crude petroleum and natural gas, including prospecting instruments and equipment, mining and drilling systems, processing and refining systems and facilities, storage facilities, transportation systems, and related environmental and safety systems.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Petroleum Engineering award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 14.2501. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Bachelor degree25414
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate15
2025Master degree19189
2025Doctorate — research14103
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year226
2024Certificate 1–2 years11
2024Bachelor degree25488
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate16
2024Master degree17150
2024Doctorate — research1482
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year227
2023Bachelor degree25623
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate15
2023Master degree21188
2023Doctorate — research15105
2023Doctorate — other11
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year115
2022Certificate 1–2 years11
2022Bachelor degree25745
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate37
2022Master degree21235
2022Doctorate — research1596
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year123
2021Certificate 1–2 years11
2021Bachelor degree24830
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate37
2021Master degree22264
2021Doctorate — research15130
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year123
2020Certificate 1–2 years11
2020Bachelor degree241,123
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate25
2020Master degree23284
2020Post-master certificate11
2020Doctorate — research15140
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year128

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 14.2501 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 14 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

31 institutions

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