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Marine Transportation at United States Merchant Marine Academy

15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study marine transportation, take a look at what United States Merchant Marine Academy has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USMMA is located in Kings Point, New York and approximately 1,045 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.

USMMA Marine Transportation Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Transport

USMMA Marine Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the marine transport progam at USMMA 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 USMMA 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 Focused Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools	3
Most Focused Marine Transportation Trade Schools	5

Marine Transport Student Demographics at USMMA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine transport majors at United States Merchant Marine Academy.

USMMA Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Program

20% Women

15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 106 students earned a bachelor's degree in marine transport from USMMA. About 20% of these graduates were women and the other 80% were men. The typical marine transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% women. So female students are more repesented at USMMA since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine transport at USMMA 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 United States Merchant Marine Academy with a bachelor's in marine transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	87
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USMMA 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 United States Merchant Marine Academy. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer	106

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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 United States Merchant Marine Academy.

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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