2026 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
[Marine Engineering](/majors/engineering/marine-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 1 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for marine engineering students.
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2026 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in marine engineering, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Marine Engineering Schools
Massachusetts Maritime Academy earned the #1 spot for value among marine engineering schools in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a small public school located in the suburb of Buzzards Bay. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $11,420, with out-of-state students paying around $23,722. Typical student debt for marine engineering graduates is $27,000. Early-career marine engineering graduates make about $100,024. That is a strong return on a $27,000 median debt. Roughly 95% of applicants are accepted.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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 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).
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