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?

• Students at Cal Maritime have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Cal Maritime.
• In <nil>, 76% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Cal Maritime bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $91,812 a year. That's about 125% more than their peers at other schools.

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
Website:	www.csum.edu

How Do I Get Into Cal Maritime?

You can apply to Cal Maritime online at: https://www.csum.edu/admissions/requirements/

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	Neither required nor 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 82%.

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 49% of students took out student loans averaging $6,076 a year. That adds up to $24,304 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cal Maritime is 1.2%. 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 880 undergraduate students at Cal Maritime, with 852 being full-time and 28 being part-time.

There are also 45 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 852 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	94
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	189
White	393
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	147

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 2020-2021, 267 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 75th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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.

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%.

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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