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Marine Transportation at United States Merchant Marine Academy

Marine Transportation at United States Merchant Marine Academy

If you are interested in studying marine transportation, 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 has a total student population of 1,045.

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

USMMA Marine Transportation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Transport

USMMA Marine Transportation Rankings

The marine transport major at USMMA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine Transportation. 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 Transport Student Demographics at USMMA

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

USMMA Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of marine transport bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical marine transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% women. So female students are more repesented at USMMA since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine transport 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 marine transport.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 84
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Concentrations Within Marine Transportation

If you plan to be a marine transport 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 Science/Merchant Marine Officer 106

Careers That Marine Transport Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine transport 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
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 2,040 $95,370
Ship Engineers 590 $100,430

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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