Marine Transportation at SUNY Maritime College

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

SUNY Maritime College is located in Throggs Neck, New York and approximately 1,671 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.

SUNY Maritime College Marine Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Transport

SUNY Maritime College Marine Transportation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marine transport major at SUNY Maritime College 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
Most Popular Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	3
Most Focused Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	3
Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Marine Transportation Schools	5
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Best Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
Most Focused Marine Transportation Trade Schools	7
Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools	7
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Best Marine Transportation Trade Schools	9

Earnings of SUNY Maritime College Marine Transport Graduates

The median salary of marine transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Maritime College is $69,800. This is less than $74,463, which is the national average of all marine transport majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Marine Transport Student Demographics at SUNY Maritime College

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

SUNY Maritime College Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in marine transport from SUNY Maritime College. 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 SUNY Maritime College since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine transport at SUNY Maritime College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 SUNY Maritime College with a bachelor's in marine transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	41
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SUNY Maritime College 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at SUNY Maritime College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer	59

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Maritime College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	2,040	$95,370
Ship Engineers	590	$100,430

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 User:Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.