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Cal Poly Maritime Academy Majors & Programs

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Which majors earn the most at Cal Poly Maritime Academy?

Cal Poly Maritime Academy is a specialized campus, and the program-level earnings show that focus. Four years after completion, the highest-earning programs exceed the institutional median.

Mechanical Engineering leads at $126,395 from 42 degrees awarded. Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians is close behind at $126,209 with 35 degrees awarded.

The largest program, Marine Transportation, awards 66 degrees and reports median earnings of $117,176. Azimuth ranks it #4 nationally within its field.

Business Administration and Management is the more moderate-earning contrast, at $75,574 and 35 degrees awarded, with a national rank of #122.

Major mix · each dot ≈ 1% of completions

Share of reported completions in the bachelor’s programs included here. Each dot represents approximately 1% of those completions. Counts are credentials, not unique students; excluded programs are not zero activity.

  • Transportation66 · 30.8%
  • Engineering technologies50 · 23.4%
  • Engineering42 · 19.6%
  • Business35 · 16.4%
  • Interdisciplinary studies21 · 9.8%

6 of 6 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first four matching programs
Mechanical Engineering 42 degrees awarded
$126,395
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians 35 degrees awarded
$126,209
Marine Transportation 66 degrees awarded
$117,176
Business Administration, Management and Operations 35 degrees awarded
$75,574

Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.

Compare all matching programs
Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks
ProgramDegrees awarded4-yr earningsField rank
Mechanical Engineering42$126,395#2
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians35$126,209#1
Marine Transportation66$117,176#4
Business Administration, Management and Operations35$75,574#122
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other small degree count15Too few graduates to report—
International/Globalization Studies21Too few graduates to report—

Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings

What are the largest programs at Cal Poly Maritime Academy?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded
Marine Transportation
66
Mechanical Engineering
42
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians
35
Business Administration, Management and Operations
35
International/Globalization Studies
21
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
15

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions

How do Cal Poly Maritime Academy majors rank nationally?

National program rankings

  1. Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians#1
  2. Mechanical Engineering#2
  3. Marine Transportation#4
  4. Business Administration, Management and Operations Included by program size#122

Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.

How Azimuth compares programs across colleges

Further analysis

Program outcomes at Cal Poly Maritime Academy differ by field. Azimuth scores programs on four-year earnings among federally aided completers, debt, and cohort size, not on reputation.

Four programs publish earnings data for federally aided completers, and Azimuth ranks two of them nationally. The degree mix concentrates in technical families.

Transportation & Materials Moving accounts for 30.8% of degrees awarded, followed by Engineering Technologies at 23.4% and Engineering at 19.6%. Each count is the number of degrees conferred in one academic year, not distinct students.

Marine Transportation is the largest program, with 66 degrees awarded and median earnings of $117,176 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #4 nationally and #1 in California.

Mechanical Engineering awards 42 degrees with median earnings of $126,395 and a national rank of #2.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

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