Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer at United States Merchant Marine Academy

What traits are you looking for in a marine science/merchant marine officer 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 marine science/merchant marine officer program.

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 Science/Merchant Marine Officer section at the bottom of this page.

USMMA Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer

USMMA Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Rankings

The marine science/merchant marine officer major at USMMA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer. 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 Science/Merchant Marine Officer Student Demographics at USMMA

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

USMMA Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of marine science/merchant marine officer bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical marine science/merchant marine officer bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% women. So female students are more repesented at USMMA since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in marine science/merchant marine officer 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 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its marine science/merchant marine officer 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 science/merchant marine officer.

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

Related Majors

Careers That Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine science/merchant marine officer 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.