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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major

7 Ranked Colleges
388 Degrees Awarded
$75,829 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Marine Transportation is the 283rd most popular major in the country with 1,203 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, marine transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $55,600 and had an average of $18,030 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 388 marine transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in marine transportation. That schools that top this list have a program in marine transportation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree marine transport students.

Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Transportation

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Merchant Marine Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major. Kings Point, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s marine transport degrees to 106 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full USMMA Marine Transportation Report

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Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maine Maritime Academy. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major. Maine Maritime is located in Castine, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s marine transport degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Marine Transportation at Maine Maritime

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SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Maritime College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major list. Throggs Neck, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s marine transport degrees to 59 students 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 more about Marine Transportation at SUNY Maritime College

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University Maritime Academy landed the #4 spot on the list. California State University Maritime Academy is a small public school situated in Vallejo, California. It awarded 30 bachelors’s marine transport degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Marine Transportation at Cal Maritime

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Maritime Academy landed the #5 spot on the list. Maritime is a public institution located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Massachusetts Maritime Academy Marine Transportation Report

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Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, Michigan

Northwestern Michigan College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major list. Traverse City, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s marine transport degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Marine Transportation at NMC

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Transport Major ranking. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 67 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s marine transport students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Marine Transportation at Texas A&M College Station

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