Marine Engineering at United States Coast Guard Academy

What traits are you looking for in a marine engineering school? To help you decide if United States Coast Guard Academy is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's marine engineering program.

USCGA is located in New London, Connecticut and approximately 1,056 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 22 marine engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from USCGA.

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

USCGA Marine Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Engineering

USCGA Marine Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks marine engineering programs across the country. The following shows how USCGA 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 engineering major at USCGA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine 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
Most Focused Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Marine Engineering Schools	6
Most Popular Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Marine Engineering Schools	6

Marine Engineering Student Demographics at USCGA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine engineering majors at United States Coast Guard Academy.

USCGA Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in marine engineering from USCGA. About 77% were men and 23% were women. The typical marine engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% women. So female students are more repesented at USCGA since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine engineering at USCGA are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its marine engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from United States Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor's in marine engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Operations Research

Careers That Marine Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine 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 CT, the home state for United States Coast Guard Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280

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 USCG Public Affairs photograph of United States Coast Guard under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.