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2023 Most Popular Marine Engineering Schools

6 Colleges
$77,168 Avg Salary
$25,813 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Marine Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 44 people earned a degree or certificate in marine engineering, making the major the #286 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Marine Engineering Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Marine Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Marine Engineering Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the most popular school in the United States for marine engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best marine engineering schools in the United States. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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The excellent programs at United States Merchant Marine Academy helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best marine engineering schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Kings Point, USMMA is a public school with a small student population.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Out of the 6 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 4 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Naval Postgraduate School is a great place for marine engineering students. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Monterey.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Marine Engineering Schools list. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

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Marine Engineering by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Marine Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Marine Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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.

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