The State University of New York Maritime College offers degree programs in both Engineering and Business disciplines. The Bachelor of Engineering degrees includes Mechanical, Marine, Electrical Engineering option and Naval Architecture. The Bachelor of Science degrees include Facilities Engineering, Transportation Management, Marine Environmental Science and Humanities. Our graduates’ master the hands on experience with the 565ft Training Ship Empire State located at our campus.

The Department of Global Business and Transportation (GBAT) is responsible for SUNY Maritime’s courses in business, economics, international trade, logistics and transportation systems. The Department has lead responsibility for two of the Colleges degrees—the Masters of Science in International Transportation Management and the Bachelor of Science in International Trade and Transportation, an upper division program designed primarily for community college graduates. GBAT provides business and transportation systems courses in support of the Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation and the Colleges other degree programs.

Please see below an overview of hiring companies that will be recruiting at the SUNY Maritime College Career Fair:

“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