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Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$27,283 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,829 Avg Salary

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.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for marine transport students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for marine transport majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Marine Transportation

#1

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

Our analysis found Massachusetts Maritime Academy to be the best value school for marine transportation students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize 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. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $663, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Marine Transportation at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

#2

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Maine Maritime Academy helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value marine transportation schools in the New England Region . Located in the rural area of Castine, Maine Maritime is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Maine Maritime are $30,043 per year.

Read full report on Marine Transportation at Maine Maritime Academy

Best Marine Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best marine transportation schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 33
Maine 61
Rhode Island 0

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

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 2 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.

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