2025 Best Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in marine science/merchant marine officer, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #412 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 bachelor's degrees in marine science/merchant marine officer during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 science/merchant marine officer students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other marine science/merchant marine officer students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marine science/merchant marine officer related body.

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

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England 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 Science/Merchant Marine Officer in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer

1

Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, ME

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Annual Graduates

Maine Maritime Academy is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in marine science/merchant marine officer. Located in the rural area of Castine, Maine Maritime is a public school with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in marine science/merchant marine officer from Maine Maritime Academy

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA

47 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Maritime Academy is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in marine science/merchant marine officer. Maritime is a small public school located in the suburb of Buzzards Bay.More information about a bachelor’s in marine science/merchant marine officer from Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Best Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Colleges by State

Explore the best marine science/merchant marine officer colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	33
Maine	281	47

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Rankings in Majors Related to Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer

One of 3 majors within the Marine Transportation area of study, Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.