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Engineering at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Massachusetts Maritime Academy has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Maritime is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and approximately 1,637 students attend the school each year. Of the 366 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 2021, 156 of them were engineering majors.

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

Maritime Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Maritime Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Maritime compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 engineering major at Maritime is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 Engineering Schools 13
14
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 14
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 16
18
Best Value Engineering Schools 19
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 19
Most Focused Engineering Schools 29
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 215
Most Popular Engineering Schools 250

Engineering Student Demographics at Maritime

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Maritime Engineering Bachelor’s Program

6% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 156 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from Maritime in 2021, 94% were men and 6% were women.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Maritime are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 137
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Engineering 81
General Engineering 60
Energy Systems Engineering 15

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers 29,110 $109,130
Systems Software Developers 25,540 $117,760
Industrial Engineers 10,720 $102,210
Mechanical Engineers 9,130 $98,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers 8,190 $156,250

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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