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And, because I like statistics and parsing the numbers, equates to a likely average of 924 license graduates over the the seven Maritime Academies are ranked below in a de- next four years, or roughly in keeping with current norms.

? ned set of parameters (Table 3).

Finally, and just for fun, courtesy of the U.S. Maritime Ad- Counting Heads ministration, we take a look at the current enrollment data So, you ask, how many licensed and credentialed mari- for all of the schools in Table 4. Assuming no drop-outs, this ners are available for work – especially in times of emer-

Table 3: The Maritime Academies … by the numbers

CategoryCMAMAINEMASSMICHSUNYTEXASUSMMA

Most Graduates 6th5th 2nd7th 1st 3rd 4th

Most Licensed Grads 4th5th 3rd7th 1st 6th 2nd

Most Non-Licensed 5th4th 1st 6th 3rd2nd 7th

Highest PCT Licensed 3rd 4th 6th 2nd 5th7th 1st *17 years of data (sources: Marad and maritime academies)

Table 4: 2023-24 Academic Year Total Enrollment snapshot …

Total Enrollment License Track Students of PCT Students in License

Maritime Academy (AVG Class Size) Total Enrollment Track Studies 713 (179)48969%

California 169 (42)169100%

Great Lakes 888 (222)43949%

Maine 1271 (318)60347%

Massachusetts 1350 (338)77457%

New York 362 (91)29381%

Texas 930 (233)930100%

USMMA 5683 (1421)369765%

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