United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, New York · Public · 962 undergraduates · usmma.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test required
Send an SAT or ACT score
Admit rate
34%
of applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1110 to 1300
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$7,340Est.Estimate
in state, before aid
Your chances and merit aid at United States Merchant Marine Academy
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
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Your admission chances
34% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$7,340
a year in 2027-28, from a $7,340 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1210
Send your score
This college requires an SAT or ACT score.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test required
You must send an SAT or ACT score.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: The 8 Steps to Admission | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Jan31Other deadline · January 31, 2027
- Feb1Regular Decision · February 1, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
34%
of applicants are admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above.
SAT total 1110 to 1300
Reading and Writing 560 to 650
Math 550 to 650
ACT composite 22 to 29
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$7,340
a year
- Tuition$960
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$1,410
- $30,001 to $48,000$1,407
- $48,001 to $75,000$2,336
- $75,001 to $110,000$245
- Over $110,000Not reported
Financial aidEstimate
10%
of freshmen receive grants
$5,067
average grant to freshmen
After college
Graduate within 6 years
78%
Come back for a second year
84%
Typical earnings
$103,283
a year, 10 years after starting here
- United States Merchant Marine Academy$106,607
- All colleges$116,579
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major.
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