Transportation & Materials Moving at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

If you plan to study transportation and materials moving, take a look at what Massachusetts Maritime Academy has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Maritime is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,637.

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

Maritime Transportation & Materials Moving Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation & Materials Moving

Maritime Transportation & Materials Moving Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the transportation and materials moving progam at 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 transportation and materials moving major at Maritime is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Transportation & Materials Moving. 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
Most Focused Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	15
Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	18
Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
	23
Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	43
Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools	55
Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools	70
	94
Most Focused Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools	118
Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools	185

Transportation & Materials Moving Student Demographics at Maritime

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the transportation and materials moving majors at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Maritime Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Transportation & Materials Moving from Maritime in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women. The typical transportation and materials moving bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% women. So female students are more repesented at Maritime since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in transportation and materials moving at Maritime are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a bachelor's in transportation and materials moving.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Maritime also has a doctoral program available in transportation and materials moving. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Transportation & Materials Moving

If you plan to be a transportation and materials moving major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Transportation	33

Related Majors

Careers That Transportation & Materials Moving Grads May Go Into

A degree in transportation and materials moving can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	27,650	$50,310
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	22,800	$40,960
Operating Engineers and Construction Equipment Operators	7,010	$67,410
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,220	$109,840
Flight Attendants	2,530	$61,610

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.