About 85% of the 2008 graduates with merchant marine licenses from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the six state maritime academies found employment in the maritime industry or in the U.S. military according to data released by the Maritime Administration.

“This data indicates that the job market for merchant marine officers remains robust. There is a growing, worldwide demand for fully-trained merchant marine officers and licensed mariners. Excellent training combined with ongoing global trade expansion will continue to make the graduates of U.S. maritime colleges among the most qualified and employable mariners in the world,” said U.S. Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton.

Total employment for 2008 licensed graduates is over 95% including shore side employment. Great Lakes in Michigan even placed 100% of its 2008 graduates in maritime afloat employment.

The Maritime Administration operates the U.S Merchant Marine Academy which is a federal services academy. The Maritime Administration provides funds and training ships to Maine, Massachusetts, Texas, California, Great Lakes Maritime Academies, and the State University of New York Maritime College. The state maritime academies are all part of their respective state higher education systems.

I am curious about the data for all other maritime academies in the rest of the world!

Please see below a table with the employment results for the U.S. Maritime Academies.

Employment for 2008 Graduates of U.S. Maritime Colleges: August 2008

SCHOOL	California Maritime Academy	Maine Maritime Academy	Great Lakes Maritime Academy (Michigan)	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Maritime College (State University of New York)	Texas Maritime Academy	US Merchant Marine Academy	TOTAL
TOTAL GRADUATES	131	169	30	214	268	44	211	1,067
License Grads	97	86	30	112	137	42	211	715
Active Duty Armed Forces	5	3	0	4	32	2	48	95
Maritime Afloat	61	49	30	73	93	28	142	476
Maritime Ashore	13	11	0	16	49	0	19	108
Armed Forces Reserves	7	3	1	20	15	2	163	211
Graduate School	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	10
Other	51	106	0	121	86	14	1	379

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