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What kind of jobs are available, in what cities, starting pay for bachelor's degree?

2007-02-27 09:45:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Engineering

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As long as the price of oil is sustained, there will be a market for good and smart Pet E's. I graduated in 1984 after the market had crashed (it went from $40/bbl to about $10/bbl in under a year). When all the other Pet E's graduated, none of us had any jobs. I roustabouted and roughnecked offshore for a couple of years before landing a job doing R&D for a directional drilling company trying to make a MWD tool. It was only because we were R&D that we stayed employed as thousands of people lost their jobs weekly.

Fridays were bad days in both Lafayette and Houston as it would be the day you got fired. After a while, the guards at the offices would pull you to the side so you wouldn't throw furniture out the window (it happened in Lafayette).

Since 84, the price of oil has crashed two more times, both leading to layoffs.

That is the worst aspect of the oilfield.

Houston is a good market, as are portions of Michigan, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Louisiana and California.

There are also jobs oversees, but not many grads start there.

Chem E's are in a higher demand, I would think.

My only advice would be to strive to be the top of your class and make the very best grades you can. If you are good in Chemistry, go an extra year and double major as a Pet E and Chem E. If you like the geology, go an extra year and double major as a petroleum geologist and a petroleum engineer.

Be sure to take the core classes to get your FE and try to become a PE after your internship.


Good Luck

2007-02-27 11:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by Christmas Light Guy 7 · 1 0

Petroleum Engineering is a dead end. My boss had a Petroleum Engineering degree and he hated it and the job market for those guys outside of Texas is horrible.

Chemical Engineering is a very good major and so is Materials Engineering. Very well paid and very good job market.

Don't get into Civil Engineering. It sucks and you will work 60 hour weeks and get paid nothing compared to other engineers and other professions like accounting.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm#earnings

Civil Engineering salaries have been stagnant over the past 20 years while the cost of getting a Civil Engineering degree has skyrocketed and so has their liability insurance.

2007-02-27 10:10:34 · answer #2 · answered by A B 3 · 0 1

I think it's dim, go do pharmaceutical or biotech engineering..you will be much better off

2007-02-27 10:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It's great down here in Houston.

2007-02-27 09:48:27 · answer #4 · answered by Bunny Lebowski 5 · 0 0

you are pretty set anywhere you go. engineering work is EVERYWHERE.

2007-02-27 09:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by lux 2 · 0 0

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