- The Inkwell
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MASuburb: largeZIP 02532Founded 1891
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1891
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1969
- Website
- www.maritime.edu
MassachusettsPublic
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a public college in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, with 1,395 undergraduates. It admits 95% of applicants, graduates 74% within six years and costs $23,759 a year after aid.
74%graduate
Admission rate95%
Retention87%
4-year graduation62%
Pell Grant share22%
Federal loans84%
$23,759net price / year
95%admission rate
—average SAT
74%graduate in 6 years
$104,098median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#43 of 1,704 for earnings#1,145 of 1,739 for lowest net price#293 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,344 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $37,397tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $13,340
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $26,010
- Average net price
- $23,759national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$4,385
$30,001–48,000$3,338
$48,001–75,000$6,816
$75,001–110,000$12,540
$110,001+$30,330
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 95%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college95%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college87%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college74%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college22%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 74%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 62%
- First-year retention
- 87%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 82%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $88,415
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $104,098middle 50%: $78,166–$143,172
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$143,172
Median, Massachusetts Maritime Academy$104,098
Lower quarter$78,166
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,395
- Part-time
- 1.1%
- Women / men
- 15% / 85%
- Average age at entry
- 19.8
- First-generation students
- 21%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 54%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,073 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $16,741
- Endowment, end of year
- $56,133,736
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White80%
Hispanic6.0%
Black1.4%
Asian1.1%
Two or more races3.8%
U.S. nonresident1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown5.9%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering39%
Transportation & materials moving20%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting18%
Business & management15%
Natural resources & conservation8.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 166692. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6784318.