<p>@bork*3</p>
<p>I believe you have a misunderstanding about what Petroleum Engineering really is. Please look it up if you have the time.</p>
<p>In India the cost of living is dramatically lower and they have very little tax. It is possible to live at a higher standard of living and more relaxed in India then other countries even if you get paid more.</p>
<p>You do not need a BSc in Materials/Chemical engineering to get a job as a petroleum engineer. In fact it would be incredibly difficult to get a Petroleum engineering job with a chemical engineering degree. There are plenty of colleges that offer a BS in petroleum engineering. Stanford does not offer a true BS in petroleum engineering anymore.</p>
<p>Texas Austin
Alaska Fairbanks
Texas a&m
Colorado school of mines
Penn state
Oklahoma
lousiana
West Virginia
New Mexico tech
South Cali</p>
<p>All of the above and colleges and many more offer a BS in petroleum engineering.
These are plenty of colleges. </p>
<p>Also there are thousands of petroleum engineers that have office jobs in a modern city that work 9-5 jobs like in Houston, or anchorage, Pittsburg.</p>
<p>borkborkbork said </p>
<p>“Government economists expect almost no change in the number of chemical engineering jobs between 2008 and 2018. Engineers who specialize in energy research or the new fields of nanotechnology and biotechnology will find the most opportunities.” </p>
<p>So would majoring in chem E while taking bio/bioengr classes as electives during undergrad be a wise choice in the future ? I am planning on taking both lower and upper division in bio/bio engr classes.</p>
<p>Biomedical and bioengineering is best to be pursued at the graduate level.</p>
<p>@alchemist007</p>
<p>lol @ bork*3</p>
<p>Wow, you really know your stuff. I thought you could BSc in materials/chemical engineering and then go onto a grad school like Stanford to specialize in petroleum engineering. But I guess you can’t do that.</p>
<p>Does USC (Southern California) still offer BSc in petroleum engineering? I’m considering pursuing petroleum engineering if I can manage double major. I still don’t feel safe to be just a petroleum engineer.</p>
<p>alchemist007 :
“Biomedical and bioengineering is best to be pursued at the graduate level.” </p>
<p>That maybe very true but isn’t it wise to take bio/bioengr classes even as electives so I can know what i am getting into at graduate school ? So is this a wise career choice or not ? thanks to all for the help.</p>
<p>Stanford changed there Pete department to ‘Energy resources engineering’.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure south Cali has a program but it is not Abet accredited.</p>
<p>If you do enough research you will realize that being a Petro engineering is a safe career in our lifetimes.</p>
<p>@alchemist007
Okay, I believe you.
Which one is South Cali? Is it USC? I’m not all that familiar with California universities.</p>
<p>Here’s a list of colleges that offer accredited petroleum engineering programs according to ABET (Stanford, USC, and UC Berkeley are not on the list):</p>
<p>University of Alaska Fairbanks
Colorado School of Mines
The University of Kansas
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Louisiana State University and A&M College
Marietta College
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
The University of Oklahoma
Pennsylvania State University
Texas A & M University
University of Texas at Austin
Texas Tech University
The University of Tulsa
West Virginia University</p>
<p>damn it they won’t let me correct my grammatical error; it should be “to double major.”</p>
<p>Why did this drift off into a thread about Petroleum Engineering?
</p>
<p>The only thing they have in common is they might work for the same company because chemical engineers work in refining.</p>
<p>My grandfather worked in a refinery for thirty years. According to him they went from about 230 employees to 110 in the 1980s when they started computerizing stuff. So that might be effecting the chemical engineer demand too.</p>
<p>^lol; sorry about that, it’s kind of my fault</p>
<p>But keep in mind that a BSc in chemical engineering can lead to various jobs; it’s not restricted to just chemical engineers.</p>
<p>That really sucks… computerizing things has really made people lose a lot of jobs. Hopefully, they don’t get anymore advanced!</p>
<p>@alchemist007:
If I do decide to pursue petroleum engineering, which one of those schools (that is ABET accredited) offers the best financial aid? I kind of don’t want to go to Alaska; it’s too cold for me lol. So I’ll take that off my list.</p>
<p>alchemist007 :
“Biomedical and bioengineering is best to be pursued at the graduate level.” </p>
<p>That maybe very true but isn’t it wise to take bio/bioengr classes even as electives so I can know what i am getting into at graduate school ? So is this a wise career choice or not ? thanks to all for the help. </p>
<p>can someone please respond to this ?</p>
<p>^Well I can’t provide you with much but that:
-Biomedical engineering undergrad is HELL
-yes, feel free to take electives for bioengineering along with your major in undergrad. In fact, it would probably be better to do so if you are trying to get into grad school. It would only make things easier and grad schools would see that you have an interest in bioengineering; keep in mind that you are competing with others.</p>
<p>I mean my knowledge about bioengineering is very limited, I know much less about it than I do for petroleum engineering (which I didn’t know much about in the first place, lol). So don’t rely too much on my answers. Maybe somebody could verify what I said.</p>
<p>Think of Chemical Engineering as a major that allows you to think deeply and solve problems, be analytical. Use these traits in other fields. Go to business school, get your MBA. Then you will be golden out there.</p>
<p>@amby</p>
<p>yes if that is something that interests you there is nothing wrong with taking elective credits in BioE, I just wouldn’t go out of your way—say a minor or just extra classes that don’t count for anything–to take them. It depends on your program, some colleges have options that you can focus on that basically pick your electives for you. If the college you go to is like this, then by all means do the BioE option because I don’t consider this narrowing yourself down, you will still have the foundations to get any entry-level cheme job while pursuing a topic that interests you.</p>
<p>@ Enginearsrfun : thank you for a clear answer.</p>
<p>Does anybody know why exactly the BLS predicts a decrease in overall employment for chemical engineers over the next decade?</p>
<p>According to BLS its the 10 year span between 2008-18.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t look into what the BLS that much. I believe the data is skewed because of the recession. Someone mentioned ago that before 2008 the job outlook was about 7% growth for chemEs.</p>