Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #631 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in the Middle Atlantic Region to review for the 2025 Best Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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 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 Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of marine science/merchant marine officer degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Related Rankings by Major
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer is one of 3 different types of Marine Transportation programs to choose from.
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).