2017年USNews美国最佳研究生院排名—石油工程专业排名TOP10
| 排名 | 学校名称 | 中文校名 | 学费 |
| 1 | University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell) | Texas-大学奥斯汀分校（科克雷尔） | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) |
| Austin, TX | 德克萨斯州奥斯汀 | ||
| 2 | Stanford University | 斯坦福大学 | $48,720 per year (full-time) |
| Stanford, CA | 斯坦福大学，加州 | ||
| 2 | Texas A&M University—College Station (Look) | 得克萨斯州A＆M大学-学院站（外观） | $241 per credit (in-state, full-time); $638 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) |
| College Station, TX | 科利奇站，德克萨斯 | ||
| 4 | University of Tulsa | 塔尔萨大学 | $1,176 per credit (full-time) |
| Tulsa, OK | 塔尔萨，OK | ||
| 5 | Colorado School of Mines | 科罗拉多矿业学院 | $15,225 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,700per year (out-of-state, full-time) |
| Golden, CO | 黄金，CO | ||
| 5 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park | 宾夕法尼亚州立大学 -大学城 | $20,422 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,384per year (out-of-state, full-time) |
| University Park, PA | 大学公园，PA | ||
| 7 | University of Oklahoma | 俄克拉荷马大学 | $191 per credit (in-state, full-time); $740 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) |
| Norman, OK | 诺曼，OK | ||
| 8 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) | 南加州大学（维特比） | $28,384 per year (full-time) |
| Los Angeles, CA | 洛杉矶，加利福尼亚 | ||
| 9 | Texas Tech University (Whitacre) | 德州理工大学（惠特克） | $270 per credit (in-state, full-time); $660 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) |
| Lubbock, TX | 拉伯克，TX | ||
| 9 | University of Wyoming | 怀俄明大学 | $232 per credit (in-state, full-time); $693 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) |
| Laramie, WY | 拉勒米，WY |
