Which Massachusetts Maritime Academy major has the lowest debt?

Marine Transportation graduates leave with a median of $24,686 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Massachusetts Maritime Academy bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Massachusetts Maritime Academy cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,420 a year, and $23,722 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $21,582 a year.

How many Massachusetts Maritime Academy programs report graduate pay?

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

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public school
Buzzards Bay, MA
1,395 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Massachusetts Maritime Academy bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering pays the most in the first year ($100,024), and Environmental Science and Conservation the least ($50,931). The median program pays $77,421.

In-state tuition and fees$11,420Per year. Out-of-state $23,722

Average net price after aid$21,582Per year

Graduation rate74%Within 6 years

Admission rate95%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	Naval Architecture and Marine EngineeringAbout 73 graduates a year	$100,024	$117,114	$27,000	1st of 1
2	Marine TransportationAbout 47 graduates a year	$84,187	$110,804	$24,686	1st of 1
3	Systems EngineeringGraduates a year not reported	$79,942	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 1
4	Other EngineeringGraduates a year not reported	$77,421	$103,180	$26,500	1st of 2
5	Other Protective ServicesAbout 69 graduates a year	$55,702	$81,977	$25,000	1st of 1
6	International BusinessAbout 54 graduates a year	$54,741	$85,322	$25,000	2nd of 2
7	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 30 graduates a year	$50,931	$74,074	$26,000	3rd of 16

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering$100,024
Marine Transportation$84,187
Systems Engineering$79,942
Other Engineering$77,421
Other Protective Services$55,702

Lowest median debt

Marine Transportation$24,686
Other Protective Services$25,000
International Business$25,000
Environmental Science and Conservation$26,000
Other Engineering$26,500

Largest programs

Naval Architecture and Marine EngineeringAbout 73 graduates a year
Other Protective ServicesAbout 69 graduates a year
International BusinessAbout 54 graduates a year
Marine TransportationAbout 47 graduates a year
Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 30 graduates a year

Common questions

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering graduates earn a median of $100,024 in their first year, the most of 7 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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