Private Marine Engineering Colleges

California Maritime Academy

• The California Maritime Academy is a campus of the California State University and offers a bachelor of science (BS) degree in marine engineering technology. All students participate in three two-month practical training experiences on the Pacific Ocean: two on board the school's training ship, one on a military or commercial vessel.

  200 Maritime Academy Drive
  Vallejo, CA 94590
  707-654-1000
  csum.edu

Maine Maritime Academy

• Maine Maritime Academy offers BS degrees in marine engineering technology, marine systems engineering (two tracks: design/license and design only) and marine engineering operations. The program combines classroom, lab and practical experience to prepare students to obtain a U.S. Coast Guard 3rd Assistant Engineer or state stationary power license.

  Pleasant Street
  Castine, Maine 04420
  207-326-4311
  mainemaritime.edu

State University of New York Maritime College

• Graduates of the State University of New York Maritime College are eligible for commission as officers in the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force and commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The bachelor of engineering program in marine engineering features three summer semesters at sea and a regiment option for students pursuing a U.S. Merchant Marine Officer's License.

  6 Pennyfield Avenue
  Throggs Neck, NY 10465
  718-409-7200
  sunymaritime.edu

Texas A&M University at Galveston

• Texas A&M University at Galveston is an ocean-studies-oriented campus that offers a marine engineering technology program with license and non-license options. The license option is for U.S. Maritime Service Corps cadets who want to sit the U.S. Coast Guard's license examination and, if successful, serve as engineering officers aboard ships.

  Texas A&M University at Galveston
  PO Box 1675
  Galveston, TX 77553
  409-740-4428
  tamug.edu

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

• The University of Michigan says its department of naval architecture and marine engineering graduates about 40 percent of engineers in the field and is ranked No. 1 in the United States and Canada. The undergraduate bachelor of science in engineering program focuses on marine mechanics and marine systems design. Graduate marine engineering students can purse master's, professional and doctorate degrees in marine engineering.

  University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  734-764-1817
  umich.edu

University of New Orleans

• The University of New Orleans offers a B.S. in naval architecture and marine engineering (NAME). The NAME program is specially designed to prepare students for work in the region's shipbuilding and offshore oil industries.

  University of New Orleans
  2000 Lakeshore Drive
  New Orleans, LA 70148
  888-514-4275
  www.uno.edu

Webb Institute

• The Webb Institute's marine engineering program focuses on marine machinery. The program's classroom and hands-on education culminates in a project in which students propose and design a complete power plant and investigate and explain its economic viability. In each year of study, all students participate in a paid, two-month winter work program in the marine industry.

  Webb Institute
  298 Crescent Beach Road
  Glen Cove, NY 11542
  516-671-2213
  webb-institute.edu