United States
Merchant Marine Academy
Public College in Kings Point, NY. Six-year graduation rate 82%. Median 10-year earnings $90,610.
A decade after enrolling, the median United States Merchant Marine Academy student earns $90,610 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Completion is a strength: 82% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,833 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.10 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 82% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 34% of applicants are offered a place. With 1,367 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 64% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. Read the score bands below as the middle 50% of submitted scores, not a threshold to clear.
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 | 560–650 | 235 (78%) |
| SAT Math | 550–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–29 | 125 (42%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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82% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Transfer-out runs to 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 947 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,101 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $1,773 at $0–30k against $9,168 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 8% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 6% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 251 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 | $1,773 |
| $30–48k | $4,098 |
| $48–75k | $5,897 |
| $75–110k | $8,752 |
| $110k+ | $9,168 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 57 of these 947 students, totalling $268,182 — an average of $4,705 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nassau County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026