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# SUNY Maritime College Majors & Programs

Updated September 30, 2026

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

-   Engineering**170 · 38.0%**
-   Transportation**167 · 37.4%**
-   Business**69 · 15.4%**
-   Natural resources**28 · 6.3%**
-   Interdisciplinary studies**13 · 2.9%**

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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

| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marine Transportation | 167 | $115,831 | #2 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | 24 | $107,749 | #60 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 82 | $106,932 | #16 |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 41 | $106,186 | #3 |
| Industrial Engineering | 23 | $102,563 | #21 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | 69 | $85,603 | #3 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | 28 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Maritime Studies small degree count | 13 | 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 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](#page-sources)

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

## Further analysis

Outcomes at SUNY Maritime College vary by program. [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) 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](/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/).