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2023 Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools in California

5 Colleges
$75,128 Avg Salary
$26,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Marine Transportation School for You

With 40 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, marine transportation is the #40 most popular major in California.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Marine Transportation program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for marine transport majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found California State University Maritime Academy to be the most popular school for marine transportation students who want to pursue a degree in California. Cal Maritime is a small public school located in the midsize city of Vallejo.

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#2

Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, CA

The excellent programs at Orange Coast College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best marine transportation schools in California. Orange Coast College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Costa Mesa.

Full Marine Transportation at Orange Coast College Report

#3

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Barbara, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Santa Barbara City College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools in California list. SBCC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Barbara.

Full Marine Transportation at Santa Barbara City College Report

#4

Irvine Valley College

Irvine, CA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Irvine Valley College is a great place for marine transportation students. Irvine Valley College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

Read full report on Marine Transportation at Irvine Valley College

#4

Saddleback College

Mission Viejo, CA

The excellent programs at Saddleback College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best marine transportation schools in California. Saddleback College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Mission Viejo.

Read full report on Marine Transportation at Saddleback College

Best Marine Transportation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Marine Transportation Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 242
Oregon 1
Alaska 2

One of 3 majors within the trade school area of study, marine transportation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Marine Transport Concentrations

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 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.

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