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Maine Maritime Academy

Maine Maritime Academy
Pleasant Street
Castine, ME 04420-001

Official telephone: (207) 326-2206

Fax number: (207) 326-2515
Website: www.mainemaritime.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 1,037
Full-time undergraduates: 1,024
Part-time undergraduates: 13
Total graduate students: 29
Full-time graduate students: 15
Part-time graduate students: 14
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Northeast
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 27%

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 30 acres
City or town school is located in: Castine
Population of city/town: 1,489
Nearest major city: Bangor
Distance of nearest major city: 40 miles
Population of nearest major city: 32,673
Online campus map: acadia.net/mma/welcome/
campus.html

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • single-student apartments
  • married-student apartments
  • special housing for disabled students
  • other housing including Graduate housing complex.
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 98%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 80%
Percent of students who live off campus: 20%
Students required to live on campus: All unmarried students under age 22 must live on campus unless special permission is granted.
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 80%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, dress/hair code, honor code, hazing prohibited, All students subject to random drug testing. USCG Unlimited License majors required to participate in the Regiment of Midshipmen, which imposes dress/hair codes. Smoking prohibited in non-designated areas.
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
Every student is required to take a computer course: yes
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s)
Other computer facilities/services: Support services and access on campus and on training ship at sea.
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Maps and charts collection. Government documents.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Remedial learning services:
writing, math, study skills
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, health insurance
Counseling services:
military, veteran student, career, personal, academic, psychological
Career placement services:
co-op education, internships, career/job search classes, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special transportation, adaptive equipment
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: mostly

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student government, yearbook
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Activities and bands committee, drill team, sail training, schooner crew, Students in Free Enterprise; a cappella, social events, propeller, yacht, and outings clubs

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Steve Peed,
Director of Athletics
School colors: royal blue and gold
School mascot: mariners
Athletic conference memberships: North Atlantic Conference (Division III), New England Football Conference (Division III)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballnoNCAA Div. III
Men's cross-countrynoNCAA Div. III
Men's footballnoNCAA Div. III
Men's golfnoNCAA Div. III
Men's lacrossenoNCAA Div. III
Men's rugbyno 
Men's sailingno 
Men's soccernoNCAA Div. III
Women's basketballnoNCAA Div. III
Women's cross-countrynoNCAA Div. III
Women's golfnoNCAA Div. III
Women's lacrossenoNCAA Div. III
Women's sailingno 
Women's soccernoNCAA Div. III
Women's volleyballnoNCAA Div. III

Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 40%
Percent of students in intramural/recreational sports: 30%
Athletic facilities:
field house, gymnasium, racquetball court, swimming pool, ocean and lakes for scuba classes
Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball, racquetball, rugby, softball, volleyball
Club sports for men:
baseball, ice hockey, rugby, softball, sailing
Club sports for women:
baseball, ice hockey, rugby, sailing

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: no
Nearest international airport: Bangor (40 miles)
Nearest other airport: Portland (100 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: Portland (100 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Bangor (40 miles)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: good
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 2% within one year of graduation
List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:
Maine Maritime Academy.
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 93% within six months of graduation
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
American Bureau of Shipping, Cianbro Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Global SantaFe, Hannaford Brothers, K-Sea Transportation, Interocean American Shipping, Maersk, Military Sealift Command, Progress Energy, Scripps Institute, Sea River, SNC Lavalin, Target Corporation, Transocean, Wheelabrator Technologies, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Robert Somerville, President of the American Bureau of Shipping
  • Admiral John W. Bitoff, USN (Ret.).

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