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2023 Most Well Attended Marine Transport Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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229 Degrees Awarded
$27,000 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Marine Transport Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Marine Transport Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 229 marine transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,519 and $17,197 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Marine Transport Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in marine transportation. To top this list, a school must have a successful marine transportation program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Marine Transport Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region marine transport students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Merchant Marine Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Marine Transport Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Kings Point, New York, and it awarded 106 ’s marine transport degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Marine Transportation at United States Merchant Marine Academy

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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 #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Marine Transport Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Maritime College is a public institution located in Throggs Neck, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 59 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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 SUNY Maritime College

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