If you're seeking a degree in maritime studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #352 one in the country 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 the United States to review for the 2025 Best Maritime Studies Schools 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 Maritime Studies Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Maritime Studies in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of maritime studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a degree in maritime studies. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.
After graduation, maritime studies degree recipients usually make about $32,325 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).
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