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United States Merchant Marine Academy

NY · Public · Large suburb · 1,392 applicants 2023

32% admit rate SAT 1140–1300 $6K–$9K/yr in-state — aid decides
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Parent/student verdict

Selective

Selective but achievable for strong students. Affordable — net price averages ~$6,174/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.

Best for

  • Solid academic profiles — the admitted-student bands above are within reach for strong students
  • In-state residents (tuition ~$895 — major value play)
  • Students focused on Engineering (the school's signature program)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

The reality

  • You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1140, or ACT below 23, or unweighted GPA below ~3.50 (test bands are the school's own; the GPA floor is our estimate, not a published figure)

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Undergraduates
962
Under 1,000 including graduate students
TuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid at a given college pay this, minus any merit scholarships — whether you qualify depends on the college's price and policies, not on any fixed income line.
$895
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split) · 2023–24 federal figure
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
32.5%
Selective
SAT middle 50%The middle half of the enrolled first-years who sent this test scored in this range — a quarter of them scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. At a test-optional college the students who submitted are often a minority of the class, so the range describes them rather than everyone who enrolled. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
1140–1300
EBRW + Math composite
ACT middle 50%The middle half of the enrolled first-years who sent this test scored in this range — a quarter of them scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. At a test-optional college the students who submitted are often a minority of the class, so the range describes them rather than everyone who enrolled. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
23–29
composite
Test policy
Required
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$90,610
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$96,770
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$90,610
Graduate within 6 yrsThe share of students who start here and finish a bachelor's within six years — the standard federal measure, and the one College Scorecard publishes. It is not a four-year rate. Read it as the odds of finishing at all: nationally about a third of students who start never do, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision.
82%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$8,833

The real cost

What United States Merchant Marine Academy actually costs

If you qualify for need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats.
$6,174/yr
average among aid-receiving families, all incomes — your number depends on your finances
If you don't
$9,168/yr
the full published price for in-state students — out-of-state runs higher

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The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways

+$869K ahead at full price +$881K with aid
Full price, no aidThe all-in yearly price — tuition, housing, food, books, fees — before any aid. This is the real "full price," not just the tuition line. (4 yrs, in-state)
$36,672
~$9,168/yr all-in (out-of-state runs higher)
Aid recipients pay (4 yrs)
$24,696
$6,174/yr average
10-yr earnings total
$906,100
$90,610/yr median, 10 yrs out
Years to recoup the cost
0.4 yrs
at full price (0.3 with aid), at the median earnings rate

Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

What students study here

Most popular majors at United States Merchant Marine Academy

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what United States Merchant Marine Academy actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Engineering
114 degrees · 52.1%
Engineering majors land high-paying technical roles. Top-earning sub-disciplines: petroleum, chemical, computer engineering.
2. Transportation & Materials Moving
105 degrees · 47.9%

What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — United States Merchant Marine Academy's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Marine Transportation. Bachelor's Degree 113 $69,847 $107,654

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

Alternatives to United States Merchant Marine Academy

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Safer in-state options
Same state and similar selectivity, but with a more forgiving admit rate — useful safety / match anchors.
Stony Brook University
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49% admit rate (vs 32% here)
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50% admit rate (vs 32% here)
CUNY Brooklyn College
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54% admit rate (vs 32% here)

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Feeder high schools

Which high schools send graduates to United States Merchant Marine Academy?

Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists

4 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name United States Merchant Marine Academy on it. Between them they printed 5 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at United States Merchant Marine Academy, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.

High school · years its list covers Enrolled per class year
Severn School · Classes of 2022-2026 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years
St. Mark's School of Texas · Classes of 2023-2025 0.3 · 1 over 3 class years
Albuquerque Academy · Classes of 2021-2024 0.2 · 1 over 4 class years
Episcopal High School · Classes of 2022 through 2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists

3 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name United States Merchant Marine Academy on it. Between them they printed 3 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to United States Merchant Marine Academy, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.

High school · years its list covers Admitted per class year
Oratory Preparatory School · Class of 2025 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year
National Cathedral School · 2023-2025 0.3 · 1 over 3 class years
St Anselm'S Abbey School · 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

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Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.

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At a glance

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United States Merchant Marine Academy is a public four-year college in NY. It admitted 32% of applicants (1,392 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.

Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1140–1300, ACT 23–29.

Cost: about $6,174 a year on average with aid, $9,168 a year at full price for in-state students.

Median earnings ten years after entry: $90,610 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $881,404 ahead with aid, $869,428 ahead at full price.

Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Marine Transportation ($107,654).

High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name United States Merchant Marine Academy: 4, 5 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Severn School (0.4 per class year, 2 over 5 class years, Classes of 2022-2026); St. Mark's School of Texas (0.3 per class year, 1 over 3 class years, Classes of 2023-2025); Albuquerque Academy (0.2 per class year, 1 over 4 class years, Classes of 2021-2024). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/united-states-merchant-marine-academy.

High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming United States Merchant Marine Academy: 3, 3 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Oratory Preparatory School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2025); National Cathedral School (0.3 per class year, 1 over 3 class years, 2023-2025); St Anselm'S Abbey School (0.2 per class year, 1 over 5 class years, 2022-2026). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/united-states-merchant-marine-academy.

Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/united-states-merchant-marine-academy.json

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