United States Merchant Marine Academy Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 80% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 67% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 68% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 6% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.75 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• marine transportation
• marine engineering systems
• marine engineering

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Quarter System (four terms comprise academic year)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in April.

• 2% continue immediately.

• Graduate Business Programs: 1%
• Other: 1%

• Adelphi University, SUNY at Stony Brook, Tulane U.

• American President Lines, Exxon, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., NOAA, Sea-Land Services, Texaco, armed forces.

• Lane Kirkland, president, AFL-CIO; Vice Adm. Albert Herberger; Charles R. Cushing, president, Charles Cushing & Co. (naval architects); Capt. Warren Leback, U.S. Maritime Administration; Nancy Wagner, pilot, San Francisco Bar Harbor Pilots Association.