2024 Best Marine Engineering Schools in the New England Region
2Colleges in the New England Region
195Marine Engineering Degrees Awarded
$89,029Avg Early-Career Salary
Marine Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #285 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for marine engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 195 degrees in marine engineering to qualified students.
The marine engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Marine Engineering Schools in the New England Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Marine Engineering in the New England Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the marine engineering degree levels they offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Marine Engineering
Maine Maritime Academy is a good decision for students interested in a degree in marine engineering. Maine Maritime is a small public school located in the rural area of Castine.
Marine Engineering degree recipients from Maine Maritime Academy get an earnings boost of around $5,768 over the typical income of marine engineering majors.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in marine engineering. Located in the midsize suburb of Buzzards Bay, Maritime is a public school with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the marine engineering program report average early career income of $83,261.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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