Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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How strong are the academics at Massachusetts Maritime Academy?

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

13:1
Student to faculty ratio
20
Average class size

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.

Mass Maritime has an average student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1. The typical school is 14:1. While this ratio is important, what’s more important is how big a typical class is.

Class Sizes
2-9
27
10-19
154
20-29
136
30-39
8
40-49
4
50-99
6

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 Massachusetts Maritime Academy:

79%
First-year retention rate
79%
6-year grad rate

Majors

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

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer
Applied Engineering
40.6
47.08
53.56
60.04
66.52
73

The Full List

Major Graduates
Business
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce 54
Engineering
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 73
  • Applied Engineering 46
  • Energy Systems Engineering, General 22
Homeland Security
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other 69
Natural Resources And Conservation
  • Environmental Science 30
Transportation And Materials Moving
  • Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer 47

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