Which Cal Poly Maritime Academy major has the lowest debt?

Mechanical Engineering graduates leave with a median of $19,690 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Cal Poly Maritime Academy cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,944 a year, and $22,544 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,555 a year.

How many Cal Poly Maritime Academy programs report graduate pay?

6 bachelor's programs at Cal Poly Maritime Academy report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Cal Poly Maritime Academy Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public school
Vallejo, CA
804 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Other Engineering Technology pays the most in the first year ($115,589), and International Relations the least ($42,924). The median program pays $89,890.

In-state tuition and fees$9,944Per year. Out-of-state $22,544

Average net price after aid$20,555Per year

Graduation rate60%Within 6 years

Admission rate95%Of applicants

All 6 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
1	Other Engineering TechnologyAbout 6 graduates a year	$115,589	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
2	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$98,661	Not reported	$25,359	1st of 3
3	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 19 graduates a year	$92,315	$114,735	$19,690	1st of 26
4	Marine TransportationAbout 53 graduates a year	$87,464	$116,871	$26,945	1st of 1
5	Business AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year	$57,265	$83,752	$20,500	14th of 57
6	International RelationsGraduates a year not reported	$42,924	Not reported	$26,000	4th of 12

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five California programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Other Engineering Technology$115,589
Mechanical Engineering Technology$98,661
Mechanical Engineering$92,315
Marine Transportation$87,464
Business Administration$57,265

Lowest median debt

Mechanical Engineering$19,690
Business Administration$20,500
Mechanical Engineering Technology$25,359
International Relations$26,000
Marine Transportation$26,945

Largest programs

Marine TransportationAbout 53 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year
Mechanical EngineeringAbout 19 graduates a year
Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year
Other Engineering TechnologyAbout 6 graduates a year

Common questions

Other Engineering Technology graduates earn a median of $115,589 in their first year, the most of 6 Cal Poly Maritime Academy bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels