Engineering at United States Merchant Marine Academy

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at United States Merchant Marine Academy stacks up to those at other schools.

USMMA is located in Kings Point, New York and approximately 1,045 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received their master's degree in engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USMMA Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at USMMA

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USMMA offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USMMA Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at USMMA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at United States Merchant Marine Academy.

USMMA Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a master's degree in engineering from USMMA. About 0% of these graduates were women and the other 100% were men.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from United States Merchant Marine Academy with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at United States Merchant Marine Academy. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marine Engineering	2

Related Majors

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By NOAA Photo Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.