Massachusetts Maritime Academy

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Massachusetts Maritime Academy operates as a public institution located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,395 students of which 1,301 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 94.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,582, with published in-state tuition of $11,420 and a Pell grant recipient share of 19.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 76.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 86.8%. Graduates earn a median of $82,392 ten years after enrolling, compared with $80,424 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 54400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 88.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.