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2025 Best Marine Engineering Schools

5 Colleges in the United States
440 Marine Engineering Degrees Awarded
$89,443 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in marine engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #285 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Marine Engineering Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 440 degrees in marine engineering annually.

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Choosing a Great Marine Engineering School

Best Marine Engineering Schools Your choice of marine engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for marine engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Marine Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Marine Engineering
Bachelor's Degrees in Marine Engineering
Master's Degrees in Marine Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Marine Engineering

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Marine Engineering Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Marine Engineering in the United States

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the marine engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Schools in Marine Engineering

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
61 Marine Engineering Degrees Awarded
4.9% Growth in Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in marine engineering. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were approximately 61 marine engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the marine engineering program report average early career wages of $87,749.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
61 Marine Engineering Degrees Awarded
$108,130 Median Starting Salary

Maine Maritime Academy is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in marine engineering. Maine Maritime is a small public school located in the rural area of Castine. This school ranks 5th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.

There were about 61 marine engineering students who graduated with this degree at Maine Maritime in the most recent year we have data available. Those marine engineering students who get their degree from Maine Maritime Academy receive $18,687 more than the standard marine engineering grad.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
59 Marine Engineering Degrees Awarded
$100,024 Median Starting Salary

Massachusetts Maritime Academy is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marine engineering. Located in the suburb of Buzzards Bay, Maritime is a public school with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #604 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Maritime is a great school overall.

There were roughly 59 marine engineering students who graduated with this degree at Maritime in the most recent year we have data available. Those marine engineering students who get their degree from Massachusetts Maritime Academy receive $10,581 more than the typical marine engineering graduate.

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SUNY Maritime College crest
SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
41 Marine Engineering Degrees Awarded
68.3% Growth in Graduates

SUNY Maritime College is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in marine engineering. Located in the city of Throggs Neck, SUNY Maritime College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 76th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were approximately 41 marine engineering students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Maritime College in the most recent data year. Marine Engineering degree recipients from SUNY Maritime College receive an earnings boost of about $3,116 above the typical income of marine engineering majors.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In LA

UNO is a medium-sized public university located in the city of New Orleans. This university ranks 22nd out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.

There were approximately 19 marine engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNO in the most recent year we have data available.

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Marine Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Marine Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Marine Engineering Concentrations

MajorAnnual Graduates
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering440

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering44,794
Electrical Engineering26,528
Civil Engineering20,655
Computer Engineering16,954
Biomedical Engineering13,222
Chemical Engineering12,248
General Engineering11,534
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering8,671
Industrial Engineering8,087
Systems Engineering3,802

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