Maine Maritime Academy

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Maine Maritime Academy

Established	March 21, 1941
Type	Public
President	William J. Brennan
Dean	John Barlow
Undergraduates	800 students
Location	Castine, Maine, USA
Mascot	Mariners
Website	mainemaritime.edu

Coordinates: 44°23.3′N 68°48.2′W / 44.3883°N 68.8033°W / 44.3883; -68.8033

Maine Maritime Academy is a public post-secondary college and nautical training institution with approximately 800 students, located in Castine, Maine, United States. The Academy was established by the 90th Maine Legislature on March 21, 1941. Maine Maritime Academy is a public college. Costs of admission are comparable to the nearby University of Maine. Unlike federal service academies, a congressional recommendation is not required to attend this state school. Students are not obligated to go to sea or into the military after graduation, and a large portion of the graduating class chooses shore side employment, often in maritime related fields or the power generation industry.

Maine Maritime Academy is one of six maritime training colleges in the United States, and one of only two of these maritime academies which fields a Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit. The college is affiliated under the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Maine Maritime Academy is the only business, residence, or organization to receive mail at the US ZIP code 04420.

Maine Maritime Academy, Castine ME

Academics

The academy offers undergraduate bachelor's degrees with a choice of 11 different majors:

Marine Engineering Operations (MEO) (Regiment Required)
Marine Engineering Technology (MET) (Regiment Required)
Marine Systems Engineering (MSE) (Regiment Required)
- 4 Year Design Track (Regiment Required 1st Yr)
- 5 Year License Track (Regiment Required)
Marine Transportation Operations (MTO) (Regiment Required)
Power Engineering Technology (PET)
Power Engineering Operations (PEO)
Small Vessel Operations (SVO)
International Business & Logistics (IBL)
Marine Biology
Marine Science
Interdisciplinary Studies

The academy offers two-year associate degrees in:

Small Vessel Operations (SVO)
Small Craft Design

Schooner Bowdoin

The academy also offers three graduate level programs in Global Supply Chain Management, International Business and Maritime Management leading to a Master of Science through its Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics.

Maine Maritime Academy has aggressive co-op and internship programs.^[1] Students from all engineering majors and the Marine Transportation Operations major are required to complete at least one co-op. Some majors are required to complete two co-ops. Students in Regiment of Midshipmen have the opportunity and/or requirement to participate in two cruises with the Training Ship State of Maine (TSSOM). Students in the Small Vessel Operations major have the opportunity to sail with the schooner Bowdoin on its yearly training cruise.

Maine Maritime Academy has recently been ranked as one of the nation's top baccalaureate colleges in the 2009 edition of America's Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report. For the second consecutive year Maine Maritime was placed as 10th overall in the listing of public and private colleges located in the northern region, a region defined by the publication as spanning the eastern coast of United States from Maryland to Maine.^[2]

Athletics

Maine Maritime teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Mariners are a member of the North Atlantic Conference (NAC). Men's sports include basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, sailing, volleyball and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, sailing, soccer, softball and volleyball.

Sports

Men's sports

Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Sailing
Volleyball

Women's sports

Basketball
Cross Country
Soccer
Softball
Sailing
Volleyball

Notes

External links

v t e Maritime Academies in the United States

Federal	United States Merchant Marine Academy

State	California Maritime Academy Great Lakes Maritime Academy Maine Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy State University of New York Maritime College Texas Maritime Academy

v t e New England Football Conference

Bogan Division	Bridgewater State Coast Guard Fitchburg State Framingham State Maine Maritime Mass Maritime Westfield State Worcester State

Boyd Division	Curry Endicott MIT Nichols Plymouth State Salve Regina UMass Dartmouth WNEC

v t e North Atlantic Conference

Castleton Green Mountain Husson Johnson Lyndon UMaine Farmington Maine Maritime NEC Thomas

v t e Universities and colleges in Maine

Private	Bangor Theological Seminary Bates College Beal College Bowdoin College Colby College College of the Atlantic Husson University Maine College of Art New England Bible College New England School of Communications Saint Joseph's College Thomas College Unity College University of New England

Public	University of Maine Maine Maritime Academy University of Maine at Augusta University of Maine at Farmington University of Maine at Fort Kent University of Maine at Machias University of Maine at Presque Isle University of Southern Maine

Community College System	Central Maine CC Eastern Maine CC Kennebec Valley CC Northern Maine CC Southern Maine CC Washington County CC York County CC

Law Schools	University of Maine School of Law

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