NYC Gazette

About 31.2 percent of the 509 degrees and certificates handed out by SUNY Maritime College in 2017-18 were to students in engineering programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Neck conferred 159 bachelor's degrees in engineering programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in marine science/merchant marine officer. Data shows the school gave out 158 bachelor's degrees in marine science/merchant marine officer, followed by 81 bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering and 75 master's degrees in transportation/mobility management.

The college enrolled 1,734 students for 2017-18, including 1,586 in undergraduate programs and 148 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Associates degrees	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Mechanical Engineering	81	-	-	-	81
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	40	-	-	-	40
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	23	-	-	-	23
Industrial Engineering	15	-	-	-	15
Engineering total	159	-	-	-	159	31.2
Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer	158	-	-	-	158
Transportation and Materials Moving total	158	-	-	-	158	31
Transportation/Mobility Management	-	-	75	-	75
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	67	-	-	-	67
International Business/Trade/Commerce	-	-	-	7	7
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	67	-	75	7	149	29.3
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General	24	-	-	-	24
Physical Sciences total	24	-	-	-	24	4.7
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, Other	-	10	-	-	10
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total	-	10	-	-	10	2
Maritime Studies	-	-	5	-	5
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	4	-	-	-	4
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	4	-	5	-	9	1.8