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2023 Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Marine Transportation Bachelor's Degree School for You
Marine Transportation is the #43 most popular major in the country with 1,493 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
The Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for marine transport students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Marine Transportation
Our analysis found Northwestern Michigan College to be the best value school for marine transportation students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. Located in the town of Traverse City, NMC is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMC are $12,048 per year. The average amount in student loans that marine transport majors at NMC take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,076.
In addition to its great value ranking, NMC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University Maritime Academy. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Vallejo, Cal Maritime is a public college with a fairly small student population.
Cal Maritime undergraduate students pay an average of $18,996 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that marine transport majors at Cal Maritime take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $25,657. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $736.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cal Maritime also did well on our Best Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Buzzards Bay, Maritime is a public college with a small student population.
Maritime undergraduate students pay an average of $24,522 in tuition and fees each year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $663.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at SUNY Maritime College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value marine transportation schools in the United States. Located in the city of Throggs Neck, SUNY Maritime College is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Maritime College are $18,450 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, marine transport graduates from SUNY Maritime College carry an average student debtload of $21,609. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $571.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maine Maritime Academy. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the rural area of Castine, Maine Maritime is a public school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Maine Maritime are $30,043 per year.
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Marine Transportation by Region
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Marine Transportation Related Majors for Marine Transport
Marine Transportation is one of 3 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Marine Transport Focus Areas
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Diver, Professional & Instructor | 876 |
| Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer | 583 |
| Other Marine Transportation | 34 |
Majors Similar to Marine Transport
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Ground Transportation | 21,480 |
| Air Transportation | 10,326 |
| Other Transportation & Materials Moving | 7 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.