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SUNY Maritime College Majors & Programs

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Which majors earn the most at SUNY Maritime College?

The program mix at SUNY Maritime College is concentrated in two families: Engineering accounts for 38.0% of bachelor's degrees awarded, and Transportation & Materials Moving accounts for 37.4%. A third family, Business, makes up 15.4%.

The largest single program is Marine Transportation, with 167 degrees awarded and median earnings of $115,831 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Mechanical Engineering is the second-largest program, at 82 degrees awarded and median earnings of $106,932. Azimuth ranks it #16 nationally in its field.

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services graduates earn $85,603 from 69 degrees awarded, a more moderate figure within a program mix that is otherwise tightly clustered at six figures.

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.

  • Engineering170 · 38.0%
  • Transportation167 · 37.4%
  • Business69 · 15.4%
  • Natural resources28 · 6.3%
  • Interdisciplinary studies13 · 2.9%

8 of 8 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first six matching programs
Marine Transportation 167 degrees awarded
$115,831
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering 24 degrees awarded
$107,749
Mechanical Engineering 82 degrees awarded
$106,932
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 41 degrees awarded
$106,186
Industrial Engineering 23 degrees awarded
$102,563
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other 69 degrees awarded
$85,603

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
ProgramDegrees awarded4-yr earningsField rank
Marine Transportation167$115,831#2
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering24$107,749#60
Mechanical Engineering82$106,932#16
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering41$106,186#3
Industrial Engineering23$102,563#21
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other69$85,603#3
Natural Resources Conservation and Research28Too few graduates to report—
Maritime Studies small degree count13Too few graduates to report—

Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings

What are the largest programs at SUNY Maritime College?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded
Marine Transportation
167
Mechanical Engineering
82
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
69
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
41
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
28
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
24
Industrial Engineering
23
Maritime Studies
13

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

How do SUNY Maritime College majors rank nationally?

National program rankings

  1. Marine Transportation#2
  2. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering#3
  3. Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other#3
  4. Mechanical Engineering#16
  5. Industrial Engineering#21
  6. Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering Included by program size#60

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

Outcomes at SUNY Maritime College vary by program. Azimuth ranks programs on four-year earnings among federally aided completers, debt and cohort size instead of reputation.

Earnings data cover 6 programs, and Azimuth ranks 6 of them nationally. Degrees awarded cluster in three families.

Engineering accounts for 38.0% of degrees awarded, with Transportation & Materials Moving close behind at 37.4%; Business makes up 15.4%. All counts are degrees conferred in one academic year.

Marine Transportation, the largest program, awarded 167 degrees and ranks #2 nationally; its graduates earn $115,831 four years after completion. Mechanical Engineering ranks #16 nationally, with median earnings of $106,932.

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering ranks #3 nationally, with median earnings of $106,186.

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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