2023 Most Well Attended Maritime Studies Major for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$35,600
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Maritime Studies Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 50 people earned their degree in maritime studies, making the major the 1116th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 maritime studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Maritime Studies Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in maritime studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful maritime studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Well Attended Maritime Studies Major for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree maritime studies students.
Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Maritime Studies
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Maritime Studies Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s maritime studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Maritime Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Maritime Studies Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Maritime College landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Maritime College is a small public school situated in Throggs Neck, New York. It awarded 14 bachelors’s maritime studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Maritime Studies at SUNY Maritime College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Maritime Studies Major for a Bachelor’s list. University of New England is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 8 bachelors’s maritime studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Maritime Studies at University of New England
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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