Enrollment Trends at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

The student population at Massachusetts Maritime Academy is 1,488 (1,402 undergraduate and 86 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 186 (11.11%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Massachusetts Maritime Academy is 94.22% which is decreased by 169 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 17 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 570 male students for every 100 female students, down from 641 in 2015.
86 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 8,500.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,625 where 1,488 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,802 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,362 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,674 to 1,488 students, a net loss of 186 (11.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Massachusetts Maritime Academy since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,674	1,571	1,367	204	103	81	22
2016-17	1,751 77	1,677 106	1,462 95	215 11	74 -29	58 -23	16 -6
2017-18	1,780 29	1,688 11	1,465 3	223 8	92 18	71 13	21 5
2018-19	1,802 22	1,709 21	1,466 1	243 20	93 1	69 -2	24 3
2019-20	1,792 -10	1,695 -14	1,482 16	213 -30	97 4	65 -4	32 8
2020-21	1,637 -155	1,538 -157	1,335 -147	203 -10	99 2	71 6	28 -4
2021-22	1,538 -99	1,440 -98	1,244 -91	196 -7	98 -1	77 6	21 -7
2022-23	1,425 -113	1,326 -114	1,146 -98	180 -16	99 1	80 3	19 -2
2023-24	1,362 -63	1,271 -55	1,088 -58	183 3	91 -8	70 -10	21 2
2024-25	1,488 126	1,402 131	1,196 108	206 23	86 -5	70	16 -5
Average	1,625	1,532	1,325	207	93	71	22

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,532 where 1,402 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Massachusetts Maritime Academy since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,571	1,506	1,325	181	65	42	23
2016-17	1,677	1,605	1,403	202	72	59	13
2017-18	1,688	1,607	1,416	191	81	49	32
2018-19	1,709	1,614	1,410	204	95	56	39
2019-20	1,695	1,616	1,426	190	79	56	23
2020-21	1,538	1,494	1,296	198	44	39	5
2021-22	1,440	1,405	1,213	192	35	31	4
2022-23	1,326	1,293	1,116	177	33	30	3
2023-24	1,271	1,246	1,066	180	25	22	3
2024-25	1,402	1,382	1,178	204	20	18	2
Average	1,532	1,532	1,285	192	1,532	40	15

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 93 where 86 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Massachusetts Maritime Academy since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	103	0	0	0	103	81	22
2016-17	74	0	0	0	74	58	16
2017-18	92	92	71	21	0	0	0
2018-19	93	93	69	24	0	0	0
2019-20	97	97	65	32	0	0	0
2020-21	99	99	71	28	0	0	0
2021-22	98	98	77	21	0	0	0
2022-23	99	99	80	19	0	0	0
2023-24	91	91	70	21	0	0	0
2024-25	86	86	70	16	0	0	0
Average	93	93	57	18	93	14	4

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.77%. The percentage was 84.17% 10 years ago and Massachusetts Maritime Academy still has a high percentage of white students. 1.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.17% to 79.77%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.03% to 1.08%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.37% to 1.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.82% to 5.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3587 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2887 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Massachusetts Maritime Academy over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	4	34	23	64	0	1,409	46
2016-17	4	32	25	65	1	1,477	46
2017-18	2	23	27	71	1	1,533	46
2018-19	2	24	27	82	0	1,539	47
2019-20	5	22	23	78	0	1,508	50
2020-21	7	20	20	66	0	1,350	53
2021-22	14	31	34	41	2	1,346	24
2022-23	16	17	14	69	1	1,187	28
2023-24	11	15	17	72	2	1,071	40
2024-25	8	16	21	85	4	1,187	54
Average	7	23	23	69	1	1,361	43

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

86 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 8,500.00% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Massachusetts Maritime Academy from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,674	0	18	1,656
2016-17	1,751	0	12	1,739
2017-18	1,780	1	132	1,647
2018-19	1,802	0	64	1,738
2019-20	1,792	0	112	1,680
2020-21	1,637	609	1,017	11
2021-22	1,538	98	99	1,341
2022-23	1,425	99	65	1,261
2023-24	1,362	91	72	1,199
2024-25	1,488	86	47	1,355
Average	1,625	98	164	1,363

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Enrollment Trends at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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