<p>I want to be a petroleum engineer, but I’m worried about job security. Would also like to work on the business side eventually. Which makes more sense?</p>
<p>1.) Undergrad in civil engineering (possible bba double major), m eng in petroleum, then eventually mba/mem dual degree.</p>
<p>2.) Undergrad in petroleum eng, then just straight to mba/mem</p>
<p>Im a petro. engineering student at university of alaska and last years senior petroleum engineering class all go jobs except for 3 who had terrible gpas.</p>
<p>Job prospects in the South are supposed to be even better than Alaska because of just how many companies recruit from down there.</p>
<p>From the petroleum engineers I have talked to in Alaska Job security is great in the field and will continue to be for decades.</p>
<p>PE can also transition there skills to other industries like geothermal if needed in the distant future.</p>
<p>Now by south do you mean lower 48 or like texas, oklahoma, etc.?</p>