Marine Transportation at California State University Maritime Academy

If you are interested in studying marine transportation, you may want to check out the program at California State University Maritime Academy. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal Maritime is located in Vallejo, California and has a total student population of 952.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Marine Transportation section at the bottom of this page.

Cal Maritime Marine Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Transport

Cal Maritime Marine Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the marine transport progam at Cal Maritime compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marine transport major at Cal Maritime is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine Transportation. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
	3
Best Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	3
Best Value Marine Transportation Schools	3
Most Focused Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Best Marine Transportation Trade Schools	6
	7
Most Popular Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	7
Most Focused Marine Transportation Trade Schools	8
Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools	11

How Much Do Marine Transport Graduates from Cal Maritime Make?

The median salary of marine transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Maritime is $75,128. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $74,463 for all marine transport bachelor's degree recipients.

Marine Transport Student Demographics at Cal Maritime

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine transport majors at California State University Maritime Academy.

Cal Maritime Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in marine transport from Cal Maritime. About 90% were men and 10% were women. The typical marine transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% women. So female students are more repesented at Cal Maritime since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its marine transport bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University Maritime Academy with a bachelor's in marine transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Cal Maritime also has a doctoral program available in marine transport. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Marine Transportation

The following marine transport concentations are available at California State University Maritime Academy. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University Maritime Academy. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer	30

Related Majors

Careers That Marine Transport Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine transport can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University Maritime Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Commercial Divers	270	$70,540

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Frijole under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.