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ACADEMY<br />

TOTAL GRADS<br />

TOTAL<br />

LICENSE GRADS<br />

NON-LICENSE<br />

GRADS<br />

MARITIME<br />

AFLOAT<br />

MARITIME<br />

ASHORE<br />

U.S. ARMED<br />

FORCES<br />

NON-<br />

MARITIME<br />

GRAD SCHOOL<br />

OTHER/<br />

UNKNOWN<br />

ACADEMY<br />

TOTAL GRADS<br />

TOTAL<br />

LICENSE GRADS<br />

NON-LICENSE<br />

GRADS<br />

MARITIME<br />

AFLOAT<br />

MARITIME<br />

ASHORE<br />

U.S. ARMED<br />

FORCES<br />

NON-<br />

MARITIME<br />

GRAD SCHOOL<br />

OTHER/<br />

UNKNOWN<br />

State Maritime Academies<br />

The Maritime Academies Continuing Their Great Traditions<br />

In addition to operating the U.S.<br />

Merchant Marine Academy, MARAD<br />

also provides financial support and<br />

training vessels to the 6 State-operated<br />

maritime academies (SMAs): California<br />

Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA; Maine<br />

Maritime Academy, Castine, ME;<br />

Massachusetts Maritime Academy,<br />

Buzzards Bay, MA; State University of<br />

New York Maritime College, Fort<br />

Schuyler, NY; Texas Maritime<br />

Academy, Galveston, TX; and Great<br />

Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse<br />

City, MI.<br />

CLASS OF <strong>2010</strong><br />

Source: State Maritime Academies/USMMA<br />

CALIFORNIA 164 107 57 83 4 5 7 0 8<br />

MAINE 182 125 57 92 7 5 2 6 15<br />

MICHIGAN 21 21 0 20 0 0 1 0 0<br />

MASS 252 122 130 44 8 6 3 5 56<br />

TEXAS 276 55 221 48 0 1 0 0 8<br />

SUNY 268 146 122 66 6 15 9 3 43<br />

TOTAL SMA ** <strong>11</strong>63 576 587 353 25 32 22 14 130<br />

USMMA * 198 198 0 <strong>11</strong>3 16 52 0 0 17<br />

SMA** & KP * 1,361 774 587 472 40 84 22 14 142<br />

Funding the maritime academies helps *USMMA (KP - Undergraduates Only)<br />

guarantee a sufficient, consistent<br />

** SMA (Undergraduate and Graduate)<br />

supply of capable, well-educated, and highly skilled U.S.-licensed merchant mariners.<br />

EMPLOYMENT DATA - LICENSE GRADUATES ONLY<br />

In exchange for Federal financial support, the SMAs must meet certain requirements regarding courses<br />

offered and educational standards in navigation, marine engineering, the operation and maintenance of<br />

vessels and equipment, and innovations introduced to the merchant marine of the United States.<br />

CLASS OF 20<strong>11</strong><br />

Source: State Maritime Academies/USMMA<br />

CALIFORNIA 150 <strong>11</strong>1 39 78 3 3 3 1 23<br />

MAINE 200 136 64 <strong>11</strong>9 1 4 5 1 6<br />

MICHIGAN 27 26 1 26 0 0 0 0 0<br />

MASS 244 97 147 55 1 1 4 0 36<br />

TEXAS 272 60 212 45 0 1 0 1 13<br />

SUNY 244 <strong>11</strong>5 129 76 6 10 9 6 8<br />

TOTAL SMA ** <strong>11</strong>37 545 592 399 <strong>11</strong> 19 21 9 86<br />

USMMA * 203 203 0 66 17 47 0 0 67<br />

SMA** & KP * 1,340 748 592 465 28 66 21 9 153<br />

*USMMA (KP - Undergraduates Only)<br />

** SMA (Undergraduate and Graduate)<br />

EMPLOYMENT DATA - LICENSE GRADUATES ONLY<br />

In fiscal year <strong>2010</strong>, the Maritime<br />

Administration’s direct SMA<br />

support per license student was<br />

$727. The total Federal Student<br />

Incentive Payment (SIP) Program,<br />

and MARAD direct payment<br />

support for fuel, school-ship<br />

maintenance and repair was $15.94<br />

million. In November <strong>2010</strong>, there<br />

were 3,506 license students enrolled<br />

in the six SMAs yielding an annual<br />

Federal cost per licensed student of<br />

$4,546. Fiscal year 20<strong>11</strong> total<br />

Federal support was the same as<br />

FY <strong>2010</strong>.<br />

The maritime academies are the<br />

Nation’s principal source of entry-level merchant marine officers and an integral component of defense<br />

readiness. They support national security policy by providing a guaranteed source of U.S. merchant<br />

marine officers to meet domestic and international crewing needs.<br />

The maritime industry continues to present a promising future for the men and women graduating from<br />

maritime academies. Graduates from all 7 American maritime academies continue to be regarded as<br />

some of the most highly-trained seafarers entering the domestic and international job markets. New<br />

opportunities are increasing internationally as the worldwide shortage of licensed officers continues.<br />

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