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Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

If you are interested in studying marine science/merchant marine officer, you may want to check out the program at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Maritime is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and approximately 1,637 students attend the school each year.

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

Maritime Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer

Maritime Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Rankings

The marine science/merchant marine officer major at Maritime is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer. 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.

Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Student Demographics at Maritime

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine science/merchant marine officer majors at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Maritime Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Bachelor’s Program

6% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 94% of marine science/merchant marine officer bachelor's degrees went to men and 6% went to women.

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About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine science/merchant marine officer 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 marine science/merchant marine officer.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 41
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine science/merchant marine officer 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
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 480 $57,700

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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