Marine Transportation at Northwestern Michigan College

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

NMC is located in Traverse City, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,278.

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.

NMC Marine Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Transport

NMC Marine Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the marine transport progam at NMC 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 NMC 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
	1
Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value Marine Transportation Schools	2
Best Marine Transportation Trade Schools	4
Most Focused Marine Transportation Trade Schools	12

Earnings of NMC Marine Transport Graduates

The median salary of marine transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMC is $90,576. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $74,463 for all marine transport bachelor's degree recipients.

Marine Transport Student Demographics at NMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine transport majors at Northwestern Michigan College.

NMC Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of marine transport bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% 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 NMC since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine transport at NMC 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 Northwestern Michigan College with a bachelor's in marine transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NMC 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 Northwestern Michigan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer	46

Related Majors

• Air Transportation

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 MI, the home state for Northwestern Michigan College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	250	$83,040

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.