Comments on: Top Fifteen College Degrees That Guarantee High Starting Salaries!

By: Jared Martin

Jared Martin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:25:51 +0000

You’re describing a field engineer, not necessarily a petroleum engineer, you don’t need an engineering degree to be a field engineer, trust me

By: Engineering Student

Engineering Student — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:39:44 +0000

Well, Petroleum engineers aren’t really overpaid. They are more underpaid than anything else. You risk your life working for an oil company. You can die out in the ocean. And the petroleum companies do a good job in covering up their “mishaps.” There is only 17 thousand petroleum engineers in the united states, probably even less in the world. They should command starting salaries of at least 150k -200k for what they do. You will almost never be home, you can die at any moment, you work ridiculous hours.

And now since the companies are paying these journalist’s to shout “shortage” on every web page there is, is only a plan to over saturate the petroleum engineering market so the oil companies have more to choose from, and drive starting salaries lower.

By: Mehran

Mehran — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:15:15 +0000

ooh good i am studying mining engineering awesome my heart is blossoming

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:38:08 +0000

It’s too bad that petroleum engineers are grossly overpaid.