College · Public · Buzzards Bay, MA · Suburb
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, MA
Admit rate95%
6-yr median pay$80k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size1,395
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $80k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 95% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,395 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $31k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$125k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$86k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$39k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.4k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $23.7k
- Room & board
- $15.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants19%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans81%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr74%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$80k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$82k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out2%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 1,395
- Location
- Buzzards Bay, MA
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White80%
- Hispanic6%
- Unknown6%
- Two or more races4%
- Black1%
- International1%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students21%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$108k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 9
What you can study.