List of the World’s Best Colleges for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
If you are passionate about sea, money and technology (not necessarily in order), then doing a course from a naval architecture and marine engineering college will give you a good take off thrust. Off course you have to choose the college wisely. I have listed down some best colleges across the globe for naval architecture and marine engineering.
United States Coast Guard Academy
Rank: #1 Regional Colleges (North) according to the US News 2011 edition of Best Colleges.
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): 89.2%
Established in: 1876
Location: New London, Connecticut, USA
Campus Area: 110 acres.
Courses/Majors Offered: Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, and other engineering courses.
Type of administration: Federal Government
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Rank: #3 Regional Colleges (North) according to the US News 2011 edition of Best Colleges.
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): 88.8%
Established in: 1943
Location: Kings Point, N.Y, USA
Campus Area: 82 acres.
Courses/Majors Offered: marine engineering, marine transportation, naval science, and other courses.
Type of administration: Federal Government
California Maritime Academy
Rank: #4 Regional Colleges (West) according to the US News 2011 edition of Best Colleges.
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): 76.7%
Established in: 1929
Location: Vallejo, California, USA
Campus Area: 80 acres.
Courses/Majors Offered: marine engineering, Marine transportation, and other courses.
Type of administration: California State Government
Maine Maritime Academy
Rank: #9 Regional Colleges (North) according to the US News 2011 edition of Best Colleges.
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): 83%
Established in: 1941
Location: Castine, ME, USA
Campus Area: 30 acres.
Courses/Majors Offered: marine engineering and other courses.
Type of administration: State Government
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Rank: #13 Regional Colleges (North) according to the US News 2011 edition of Best Colleges.
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): 82%
Established in: 1891
Location: Buzzards Bay, MA, USA
Campus Area: 55 acres.
Courses/Majors Offered: marine engineering, marine transportation, and other courses.
Type of administration: State Government
Webb Institute
Rank: unranked, Tier-1 school as per US News and World report.
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): 89.5%
Established in: 1889
Location: Glen Cove, New York, USA
Campus Area: 26 acres.
Courses/Majors Offered: marine engineering, marine transportation and other courses.
Type of administration: Private
Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI)
Rank: CRISIL GRADE -I by CRISIL (The Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited), India’s most sought after marine engineering institute.
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): Data not available
Established in: 1947
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Campus Area: 33 acres.
Courses/Majors Offered: marine engineering.
Type of administration: State Government
South Tyneside College
Rank: Data not available, but South Tyneside College is a most sought after marine engineering college for further education
The average freshman retention rate (an indicator of student satisfaction): Data not available
Established in: 1869
Location: St. George’s Avenue, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
Campus Area: data not available.
Courses/Majors Offered: further education courses in marine engineering.
Type of administration: Government
What I have not covered
Getting into the best colleges for naval architecture and marine engineering, well, everybody wants that. But the above list is really very short and not necessarily unanimous. You can find some (actually many) more good colleges by diving into the internet.
Few good places to start with are:
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