You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in marine engineering. It is ranked #285 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
There was only one school in Michigan to review for the 2025 Best Marine Engineering Schools in Michigan ranking.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Marine Engineering Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of marine engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a good choice for students interested in a degree in marine engineering. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduation, marine engineering degree recipients generally earn about $87,749 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).