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2023 Most Popular Maritime Studies Schools

3 Colleges
$22,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Maritime Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 9 people earned a degree or certificate in maritime studies, making the major the #320 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Maritime Studies Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Maritime Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Maritime Studies Colleges.

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the most popular school in the United States for maritime studies students. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

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#2

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend SUNY Maritime College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Maritime Studies Schools list. SUNY Maritime College is a small public school located in the large city of Throggs Neck.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Out of the 3 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

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Maritime Studies by Region

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

Maritime Studies is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Maritime Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Whit Welles.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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