United States Merchant Marine Academy Overview

United States Merchant Marine Academy is a public institution located in Kings Point, New York. The suburban atmosphere of Kings Point makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is United States Merchant Marine Academy Known For?

• The highest award offered at USMMA is the master's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 77% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from USMMA with a bachelor's degree make about $83,499 a year. That's 105% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is United States Merchant Marine Academy?

Contact details for USMMA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point, NY 11024-1634
Phone:	516-726-5800
Website:	www.usmma.edu

How Do I Get Into USMMA?

You can apply to USMMA online at: https://www.usmma.edu/admissions

Admission Requirements for USMMA

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into USMMA?

If you plan to apply to USMMA, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 25%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 80% of accepted students are men and 20% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 25%, and the acceptance rate for women is 25%.

Average Test Scores

About 65% of students accepted to USMMA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 660. Math scores were between 580 and 670.

USMMA received ACT scores from 43% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 28. Math scores were between 25 and 28. Composite scores were between 25 and 28.

Can I Afford United States Merchant Marine Academy?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At USMMA, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $4,181 a year. That adds up to $16,724 over four years for those students.

United States Merchant Marine Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 17 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,006 full-time undergraduates at USMMA, 78% are male and 22% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of United States Merchant Marine Academy students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	49
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	798
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	82

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at United States Merchant Marine Academy. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at United States Merchant Marine Academy

In 2020-2021, 17 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at USMMA has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 86th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of USMMA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at United States Merchant Marine Academy was -7.3%. This is the #1,966 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at USMMA regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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 NOAA Photo Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.