Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Public College in Buzzards Bay, MA. Six-year graduation rate 74%. Median 10-year earnings $82,392.
A decade after enrolling, the median Massachusetts Maritime Academy student earns $82,392 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 74% of students finish within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 95%, Massachusetts Maritime Academy takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 1,265, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 38% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 74% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 87%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,271 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,546 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $8,757 at the $0–30k band to $27,367 at $110k+. About 69% get grants averaging $16,183, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 81% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 356 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $8,757 |
| $30–48k | $9,051 |
| $48–75k | $10,547 |
| $75–110k | $15,557 |
| $110k+ | $27,367 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,026 of these 1,271 students, totalling $7,136,907 — an average of $6,956 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Barnstable County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)