Marine Transportation at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

What traits are you looking for in a marine transport school? To help you decide if Massachusetts Maritime Academy is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's marine transport program.

Maritime is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and approximately 1,637 students attend the school each year.

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.

Maritime Marine Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Transport

Maritime Marine Transportation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks marine transport programs across the country. The following shows how Maritime performed in these rankings.

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 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
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Best Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Marine Transportation Schools	4
Best Marine Transportation Trade Schools	5
Most Focused Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
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Most Popular Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	6
Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools	10
Most Focused Marine Transportation Trade Schools	10

How Much Do Marine Transport Graduates from Maritime Make?

The median salary of marine transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at Maritime is $75,919. This is 2% higher than $74,463, which is the national average for all marine transport bachelor's degree recipients.

Marine Transport Student Demographics at Maritime

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

Maritime Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of marine transport bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women. The typical marine transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% women. So female students are more repesented at Maritime since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine transport at Maritime are white. This is below 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 marine transport.

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 marine transport. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Marine Transportation

If you plan to be a marine transport major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer	33

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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	480	$57,700

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.