2025 Best Marine Transportation Schools in the New England Region
2Colleges in the New England Region
106Marine Transport Degrees Awarded
$63,712Avg Early-Career Salary
Marine Transportation degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #283 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of marine transportation. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 106 degrees in marine transportation annually.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Marine Transportation Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Marine Transportation in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the marine transport degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top New England Region Schools in Marine Transport
It is difficult to beat Maine Maritime Academy if you want to pursue a degree in marine transportation. Located in the rural area of Castine, Maine Maritime is a public school with a fairly small student population.
Degree recipients from the marine transportation major at Maine Maritime Academy get $19,013 more than the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in marine transportation. Maritime is a small public school located in the large suburb of Buzzards Bay.
Degree recipients from the marine transportation program at Massachusetts Maritime Academy get $20,475 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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).
