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. Of the 215 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from United States Merchant Marine Academy in 2021, 106 of them were marine transportation majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the marine transport progam at USMMA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Marine Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Popular Marine Transportation Schools	3
Most Focused Marine Transportation Schools	5

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

Of the 106 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in marine transport from USMMA in 2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical marine transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 8% women. So female students are more repesented at USMMA since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 82% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	87
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USMMA also has a doctoral program available in marine transport. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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.

• 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.