Marine Transportation at California State University Maritime Academy

Every marine transportation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the marine transport program at California State University Maritime Academy stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal Maritime is located in Vallejo, California and has a total student population of 952. In 2021, 30 marine transport majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal Maritime.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Marine Transportation section at the bottom of this page.

Cal Maritime Marine Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Transport

Cal Maritime Marine Transportation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks marine transport programs across the country. The following shows how Cal Maritime performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The marine transport major at Cal Maritime is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine Transportation. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
	3
Best Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Marine Transportation Schools	3
Most Focused Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Marine Transportation Schools	6
	7
Most Popular Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Marine Transportation Schools	8
Most Popular Marine Transportation Schools	11

How Much Do Marine Transport Graduates from Cal Maritime Make?

The median salary of marine transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Maritime is $75,128. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $74,463 for all marine transport bachelor's degree recipients.

Marine Transport Student Demographics at Cal Maritime

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine transport majors at California State University Maritime Academy.

Cal Maritime Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in marine transport from Cal Maritime in 2021, 90% were men and 10% were women. The typical marine transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% women. So female students are more repesented at Cal Maritime since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its marine transport bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University Maritime Academy with a bachelor's in marine transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Cal Maritime also has a doctoral program available in marine transport. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Marine Transport Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine transport can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University Maritime Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Commercial Divers	270	$70,540

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Frijole under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.