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Best Schools for Marine Engineering in Maine
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall marine engineering education in Maine.
Top Schools in Marine Engineering
Leading the list is Maine Maritime Academy, our #1 school for marine engineering. Maine Maritime Academy is a small public school located in the rural area of Castine. Maine Maritime Academy graduates 59% of students within six years. Maine Maritime Academy awarded about 71 marine engineering degrees in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, marine engineering degree recipients from Maine Maritime Academy generally make around $108,130. Typical student debt for the program is $27,000.
Read more about the marine engineering program at Maine Maritime Academy
Students looking for a strong marine engineering program will find one at The Landing School, which ranked #2. The Landing School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Arundel. There were roughly 10 marine engineering students who graduated with this degree at The Landing School in the most recent data year.
Get the full marine engineering details for The Landing School
Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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