Engineering at United States Merchant Marine Academy

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

USMMA is located in Kings Point, New York and has a total student population of 1,045.

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

USMMA Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at USMMA

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USMMA does offer online courses in engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USMMA Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at USMMA 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at USMMA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at United States Merchant Marine Academy.

USMMA Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at USMMA 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 United States Merchant Marine Academy with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	92
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

USMMA Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from United States Merchant Marine Academy with a master's in engineering.

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

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 United States Merchant Marine Academy. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Engineering	75
Systems Engineering	36

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

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 NOAA Photo Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.