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Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

6 Colleges
$37,611 Avg Salary
$4,600 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Marine Transportation 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southeast Region 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 .

#1

CDA Technical Institute

Jacksonville, FL

Our analysis found CDA Technical Institute to be the most popular school for marine transportation students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . CDA Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The College of the Florida Keys is a great place for marine transportation students. Located in the town of Key West, CFK is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Kentucky Community and Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Paducah.

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The excellent programs at Northshore Technical Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best marine transportation schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the rural area of Lacombe, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Louisiana Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Marine Transportation Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lafayette, South Louisiana Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Ashland Community and Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular marine transportation programs. ACTC is a small public school located in the city of Ashland.

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Best Marine Transportation Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 233
Louisiana 12
Kentucky 18

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 6 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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