石油工程直接的目标是以最小的代价最大限度地开采地下油气资源，为国民经济服务。衡量油气开采技术水平的高低的一个重要指标是油气采收率，它是指从油气藏中开采出来的油气总量与其地质储量的百分比。出国留学网准备了2019USNEWS美国研究生石油工程专业排名TOP10。
| 2019USNEWS美国研究生石油工程专业排名 | |
| 排名 | 大学名称 |
| #1 | University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell) |
| Austin, TX | |
| #2Tie | Stanford University |
| Stanford, CA | |
| #2Tie | Texas A&M University—College Station |
| College Station, TX | |
| #4 | University of Tulsa |
| Tulsa, OK | |
| #5 | Colorado School of Mines |
| Golden, CO | |
| #6 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park |
| University Park, PA | |
| #7 | University of Oklahoma |
| Norman, OK | |
| #8 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) |
| Los Angeles, CA | |
| #9Tie | Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge |
| Baton Rouge, LA | |
| #9Tie | Texas Tech University (Whitacre) |
| Lubbock, TX | |
