Maine Maritime Academy Overview

Located in Castine, Maine, Maine Maritime Academy is a public institution. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Maine Maritime.

What Is Maine Maritime Academy Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Maine Maritime.
• In a recent academic period79% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Maine Maritime makes roughly $89,964 a year. This is 121% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Maine Maritime Academy?

Contact details for Maine Maritime are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 Pleasant Street, Castine, ME 04420-0001
Phone:	800-464-6565
Website:	mainemaritime.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Maine.Maritime.Academy
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/Maine_Maritime

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How Do I Get Into Maine Maritime?

You can apply to Maine Maritime online at: https://mainemaritime.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/applicant-information/

Admission Requirements for Maine Maritime

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Maine Maritime?

With an acceptance rate of 58%, Maine Maritime does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 77% of accepted students are men and 23% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Average Test Scores

About 43% of students accepted to Maine Maritime submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 650. Math scores were between 545 and 625.

Maine Maritime received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 34. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

Can I Afford Maine Maritime Academy?

The overall average net price of Maine Maritime is $31,626. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Maine Maritime, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $12,526 a year. That adds up to $50,104 over four years for those students.

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Maine Maritime Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 928 undergraduate students at Maine Maritime, with 901 being full-time and 27 being part-time.

There are also 13 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 901 full-time undergraduates at Maine Maritime, 83% are male and 17% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Maine Maritime Academy students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	737
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	93

Geographic Diversity

Maine students aren't the only ones who study at Maine Maritime Academy. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 6 countries are represented at Maine Maritime. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Russia, Turkey, and China.

Maine Maritime Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Marine Transportation	3	32	0	35
Energy Systems Technologies	0	30	0	30
International Business	0	21	6	27
Marine Engineering	1	24	0	25
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	7	0	7
Systems Engineering	0	7	0	7
Marine Science	0	3	0	3
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	2	0	2
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	1	0	1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	4	127	6	137

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.