Massachusetts Maritime Academy Overview

Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a public institution located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Buzzards Bay is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Massachusetts Maritime Academy Known For?

• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Maritime.
• During a recent academic cycle, 63% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Maritime with a bachelor's degree make about $82,392 a year. That's 102% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Maritime student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Massachusetts Maritime Academy?

Contact details for Maritime are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 Academy Dr, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532-1803
Phone:	508-830-5000
Website:	www.maritime.edu

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How Do I Get Into Maritime?

You can apply to Maritime online at: https://www.maritime.edu/undergraduate-admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for Maritime

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Maritime?

Since Maritime has an acceptance rate of 89%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 85% of accepted students are men and 15% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Can I Afford Massachusetts Maritime Academy?

The overall average net price of Maritime is $35,896. 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 Maritime, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $10,859 a year. That adds up to $43,436 over four years for those students.

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,538 undergraduate students at Maritime, with 1,494 being full-time and 44 being part-time.

There are also 99 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,494 full-time undergraduates at Maritime, 87% are male and 13% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	19
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	1,231
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	165

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 4 countries are represented at Maritime. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Panama, Vietnam, and Germany.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Other Homeland Security	69	17	86
Marine Engineering	73	0	73
International Business	54	0	54
Marine Transportation	47	0	47
General Engineering	46	0	46
Natural Resources Conservation	30	0	30
Energy Systems Engineering	22	0	22
Engineering-Related Fields	0	21	21
Business Administration & Management	0	12	12
TOTAL	341	50	391

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.