Massachusetts Maritime Academy Earnings: $104K (2026)

How much do Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates earn?

The reported median is $103,680 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $53,116 as its benchmark; the difference is $50,564 per year.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy posts a median of $103,680 four years after completion, placing the return in the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That figure is $50,564 above the $53,116 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Graduates earn about $26,577 more than expects for similar students, a result at the 98th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $727.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $25,850. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $4,846.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $80,856 on the downside to $125,016 on the upside, with $103,680 as the typical scenario. These are estimates, not observed groups of graduates.

The highest-earning programs are concentrated in marine and engineering fields. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering leads at $125,016 four years after completion, from 59 degrees awarded.

Marine Transportation follows at $119,916 with 49 degrees awarded, and International Business graduates earn $89,094 from 47 degrees awarded.

An estimated 19.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $103,680
Rank for difference from expectations: 98th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Massachusetts Maritime Academy reported median: $103,680
Peer schools comparable schools · $50,564 below Massachusetts Maritime Academy: $53,116
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $26,577 below Massachusetts Maritime Academy: $77,103

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How many Massachusetts Maritime Academy students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 85.0%
Completed within six years: 73.5%
Pell recipients completed within six years: 78.3%

Source: Massachusetts Maritime Academy Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $80,856
Median · reported: $103,680
Higher estimate: $125,016

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates’ reported earnings are $26,577 above that expectation, the 98th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Massachusetts Maritime Academy caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Massachusetts Maritime Academy report the highest earnings?

The academy's program list is short and tightly focused on maritime fields. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering is the highest-earning program, with a median of $125,016 four years after completion and 59 degrees awarded.

Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Marine Transportation follows closely at $119,916 from 49 degrees awarded, and Azimuth places it #3 nationally within its field.

Further down the earnings scale, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services is the largest program by degrees awarded at 62, with a median of $85,256. Natural Resources Conservation and Research rounds out the list at $74,393 from 32 degrees awarded.

The spread between the top and bottom of the program list is wide, and the highest earners are also among the largest programs.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy offers a focused set of programs, and Azimuth ranks all five of them in the top ten nationally within their fields. Three are the top-ranked programs in Massachusetts.

The earnings spread is wide: the highest-earning program reports a median well above the lowest. Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services is the largest, with 62 degrees awarded and a national rank of #1.

Its completers earn a median of $85,256 four years after completion. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering follows at 59 degrees awarded and the highest earnings on campus, $125,016.

Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally. Marine Transportation awards 49 degrees and reports median earnings of $119,916, with a national rank of #3.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a downside of $80,856, a typical outcome of $103,680, and an upside of $125,016. The spread reflects the variation by field.

At the high end, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering graduates earn $125,016 four years after completion; at the lower end among the largest programs with published earnings, Natural Resources Conservation and Research stands at $74,393.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Massachusetts Maritime Academy who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $103,680. The four-year earnings cohort includes 601 completers.

That median is $50,564 above the $53,116 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $26,577 more than the model expects for similar students.

That gap sits at the 98th percentile. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, put the typical outcome at $103,680, with a downside of $80,856 and an upside of $125,016.

An estimated 19.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. The median earnings and the upside scenario both land above the six-figure mark, and the gap above what the model expects is wide.

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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.