2024 Best Marine Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in marine engineering. It is ranked #220 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Marine Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 128 bachelor's degrees in marine engineering to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to marine engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of marine engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for marine engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marine engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for marine engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Marine Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Marine Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in marine engineering.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Marine Engineering

1

SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, NY

13 Annual Graduates

$71,291 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in marine engineering has to look into SUNY Maritime College. SUNY Maritime College is a small public college located in the city of Throggs Neck.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the marine engineering program make about $71,291 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in marine engineering from SUNY Maritime College

2

Webb Institute
Glen Cove, NY

22 Annual Graduates

$70,908 Median Starting Salary

Webb Institute is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in marine engineering. Webb Institute is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Glen Cove.

After graduation, marine engineering bachelor's recipients generally earn around $70,908 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in marine engineering from Webb Institute

Best Marine Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best marine engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	108
Maryland	207	20
New Jersey	193	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Marine Engineering

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Marine Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Marine Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering	128

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	5,285
Electrical Engineering	2,464
Civil Engineering	2,282
Chemical Engineering	1,769
Biomedical Engineering	1,679
Computer Engineering	1,441
Industrial Engineering	695
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	693
General Engineering	482
Environmental Engineering	370

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.