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How strong are the academics at Maine Maritime Academy?

Let's cover class sizes, graduation rates, and outcomes.

10:1
Student to faculty ratio
46%
4-year grad rate

Class Sizes

Class sizes likely stayed the same for you through high school. You'll find that college is much different. Some of the largest universities have classes that can seat hundreds of students in giant lecture halls. Conversely, as they progress and their focus narrows, higher-level courses can sometimes have just a handful of students.

Maine Maritime has an average student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. The typical school is 14:1. While this ratio is important, what’s more important is how big a typical class is.

Outcomes

It’s critical to understand a school’s outcomes to understand if your four (or more) years at the school will be worth it. Here are some key statistics about the outcomes of students who enroll at Maine Maritime Academy:

82%
First-year retention rate
46%
4-year grad rate
61%
6-year grad rate

The average base annual salary of students who were employed within six months of graduation is $70,000. This is higher than the national average of $48,300.

$70,000
$48,300 (National Average)

Majors

Many students choose a school largely based on the what they want to study. The are Maine Maritime Academy's most popular majors, ranked by how many people graduated with the concentration in the most recent year:

Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer
Power Plant Technology/Technician
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Systems Engineering
2
8
14
20
26
32

The Full List

Major Graduates
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 7
Business
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce 21
Engineering
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 24
  • Systems Engineering 7
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
  • Power Plant Technology/Technician 30
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Marine Sciences 3
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 2
Physical Sciences
  • Oceanography, Chemical and Physical 1
Transportation And Materials Moving
  • Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer 32

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