Marine Engineering at United States Merchant Marine Academy

If you are interested in studying marine engineering, you may want to check out the program at United States Merchant Marine Academy. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USMMA is located in Kings Point, New York and approximately 1,045 students attend the school each year.

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.

USMMA Marine Engineering Degrees Available

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

USMMA Marine Engineering Rankings

The marine engineering major at USMMA 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.

Marine Engineering Student Demographics at USMMA

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

USMMA Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of marine engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical marine engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at USMMA since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine engineering at USMMA are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Merchant Marine Academy with a bachelor's in marine engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	65
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

USMMA Marine Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of marine 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 marine 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 Marine Engineering

The following marine engineering concentations are available at United States Merchant Marine Academy. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at United States Merchant Marine Academy. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering	75

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering

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

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	270	$120,860

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.