California State University Maritime Academy Overview

Located in Vallejo, California, California State University Maritime Academy is a public institution. Vallejo is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is California State University Maritime Academy Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Cal Maritime is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Cal Maritime.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Cal Maritime with a bachelor's degree make about $82,900 a year. That's 103% more than those who graduate from other schools.

California State University Maritime Academy Rankings

We have ranked Cal Maritime as #164 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Out of the 204 colleges in California, it is ranked at #21.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Cal Maritime has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#166	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cal Maritime.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Other Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Other Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#63	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#130	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#170	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cal Maritime has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Engineering Technology (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Marine Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#3	Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#18	Best Engineering Technologies Schools	College Factual
#209	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central
#277	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is California State University Maritime Academy?

Contact details for Cal Maritime are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	200 Maritime Academy Dr, Vallejo, CA 94590-8181
Phone:	707-654-1000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/californiamaritimeacademy
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/CMAAlumni

How Do I Get Into Cal Maritime?

You can apply to Cal Maritime online at: https://www.csum.edu/web/admissions/i-want-to-apply.html

Admission Requirements for Cal Maritime

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cal Maritime?

The acceptance rate at California State University Maritime Academy is 82%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 74% of accepted students are men and 26% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Can I Afford California State University Maritime Academy?

The overall average net price of Cal Maritime is $31,848. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Cal Maritime, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $6,625 a year. That adds up to $26,500 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cal Maritime is 2.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California State University Maritime Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 907 undergraduate students at Cal Maritime, with 873 being full-time and 34 being part-time.

There are also 45 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 873 full-time undergraduates at Cal Maritime, 81% are male and 19% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California State University Maritime Academy students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	92
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	203
White	395
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	159

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University Maritime Academy. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 6 countries are represented at Cal Maritime. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, China, and Panama.

Online Learning at California State University Maritime Academy

In 2019-2020, 850 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cal Maritime has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 154th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Cal Maritime

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California State University Maritime Academy was 981.4%. This is the #100 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cal Maritime regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Cal Maritime ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Cal Maritime.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Business Administration & Management	#37
Business, Management & Marketing	#49

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

California State University Maritime Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Marine Transportation	69	0	69
Business Administration & Management	38	7	45
Mechanical Engineering	44	0	44
International Studies	26	0	26
Mechanical Engineering Technology	19	0	19
Engineering Technology (Other)	18	0	18
Other Engineering	0	0	0
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0
TOTAL	214	7	221

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
• Image Credit: By Frijole under License

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