Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering at United States Merchant Marine Academy

Every naval architecture & marine engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the naval architecture program at United States Merchant Marine Academy stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USMMA Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Naval Architecture
• Master’s Degree in Naval Architecture

Online Classes Are Available at USMMA

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USMMA offers distance education options for naval architecture at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USMMA Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Rankings

The naval architecture major at USMMA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Naval Architecture & 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.

Naval Architecture Student Demographics at USMMA

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

USMMA Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of naval architecture bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical naval architecture 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 naval architecture 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 naval architecture 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 naval architecture.

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 Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of naval architecture 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 naval architecture.

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

Careers That Naval Architecture Grads May Go Into

A degree in naval architecture 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.