SUNY Maritime College Outcomes: $105K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do SUNY Maritime College graduates earn?

The reported median is $104,752 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $53,116 as its benchmark; the difference is $51,636 per year.

Return is the strongest at SUNY Maritime College, in the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The median earnings figure four years after completion is $104,752, which is $51,636 above the $53,116 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

That figure is at the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $21,058 more than expects for similar students.

That gap sits at the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $4,979.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $26,037. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $4,402.

The earnings scenarios show a wide range: from $74,987 on the downside to $115,831 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.

At the upper end, Marine Transportation graduates earn $115,831 four years after completion, and Electrical Engineering graduates earn $107,749. Mechanical Engineering graduates earn $106,932 four years after completion.

An estimated 18.2% 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: $104,752
Rank for difference from expectations: 96th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

SUNY Maritime College reported median: $104,752
Peer schools comparable schools · $51,636 below SUNY Maritime College: $53,116
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $21,058 below SUNY Maritime College: $83,694

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 could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $74,987
Median · reported: $104,752
Higher estimate: $115,831

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 SUNY Maritime College 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.

SUNY Maritime College graduates’ reported earnings are $21,058 above that expectation, the 96th 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 SUNY Maritime College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at SUNY Maritime College report the highest earnings?

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.

Engineering and Transportation & Materials Moving dominate the degree mix, accounting for 38.0% and 37.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded. Business is a distant third at 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 and #1 in New York.

Mechanical Engineering is the second-largest program, awarding 82 degrees and earning a national rank of #16. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering is smaller at 41 degrees but ranks #3 nationally.

Across all fields, the university has 6 ranked programs and 6 with published earnings data.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from a downside of $74,987 to a typical outcome of $104,752 and an upside of $115,831. The spread reflects the variation by field: Marine Transportation reaches $115,831 four years after completion, while Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services sits at $85,603.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of SUNY Maritime College who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $104,752. That median lands at the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The earnings cohort includes 496 completers. Earnings beyond expectations compares what graduates earn with what the model expects for similar students.

Graduates earn about $21,058 more than the model expects for similar students. That result sits at the 96th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Estimated earnings scenarios from the program mix range from $74,987 on the downside to $115,831 on the upside. The program mix suggests an estimated 18.2% of graduates go on to further study.

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.