2027 Best Value Marine Transportation Schools in Massachusetts

[Marine Transportation](/majors/transportation-materials-handling/marine-transportation/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
College Factual analyzed 1 schools to build this 2027 ranking of the best value marine transportation schools.
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2027 Best Value Marine Transportation Schools in Massachusetts
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the marine transportation degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Marine Transportation Schools
Our analysis ranked Massachusetts Maritime Academy the best value for a degree in marine transportation in Massachusetts. Set in the suburb of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a small public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $11,420, with out-of-state students paying around $23,722. Typical student debt for marine transportation graduates is $24,686. Early-career marine transportation graduates make about $84,187. That is a strong return on a $24,686 median debt. Roughly 95% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the one ranked school only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.