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# United States Merchant Marine Academy Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at United States Merchant Marine Academy?

United States Merchant Marine Academy’s reported acceptance rate is 34.2%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
34.2%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

United States Merchant Marine Academy admits 34.2% of applicants, well below the median of 83.4% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do United States Merchant Marine Academy students report?

United States Merchant Marine Academy enrolls students who submitted SAT scores across a band from 1,110 to 1,300. ACT submitters landed between 22 and 29.

The twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles frame the middle half of enrolled students who submitted scores; they do not set admission minimums. An applicant can place their own SAT score against the university's 1,110 to 1,300 band.

They can place their own ACT score against the 22 to 29 band to see where they fall among those who recently enrolled and submitted scores. The ranges describe only students who chose to submit test scores, not the full entering class.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at United States Merchant Marine Academy. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1110

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1300

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
22

**75th percentile**
29

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at United States Merchant Marine Academy?

**Pell Grant recipients**
7.8%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
0.7%

**First-year retention**
84.5%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

United States Merchant Marine Academy enrolls 962 undergraduates. 7.8% of them receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 0.7% arrive as transfers or part-time students, so nearly everyone on campus began as a first-time freshman.

Applicants who use federal grant aid should run the cost calculator to see their own estimated price.

Of full-time students who start here, 84.5% return for a second year. That is above the peer median of 73.4% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 82.4%, which also exceeds the peer median of 43.5%. Both persistence and completion run well ahead of what is typical for institutions of this control and size.

Enrolled students can expect a structured path with strong retention and a high likelihood of finishing within six years. The figures describe the first-time full-time cohort, and outcomes for the small number of transfer students may differ.

## 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.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

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