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# Cal Poly Maritime Academy Majors & Programs

Updated September 30, 2026

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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](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) 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.

-   Transportation**66 · 30.8%**
-   Engineering technologies**50 · 23.4%**
-   Engineering**42 · 19.6%**
-   Business**35 · 16.4%**
-   Interdisciplinary studies**21 · 9.8%**

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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.

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Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks

| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mechanical Engineering | 42 | $126,395 | #2 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians | 35 | $126,209 | #1 |
| Marine Transportation | 66 | $117,176 | #4 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 35 | $75,574 | #122 |
| Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other small degree count | 15 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| International/Globalization Studies | 21 | Too few graduates to report | — |

[Program data and definitions](#page-sources) · [How to evaluate program rankings](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## 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](#page-sources)

## 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](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## 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](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) 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](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

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

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).