The influential education-research firm Princeton Review, simply printed its 2016 annual faculty handbook and ranked the State University of New York  Maritime College at Fort Schuyer, among the many top 10 schools in the nation for career placement after commencement.

Studies present the primary fear of younger Millennials is discovering jobs after commencement and, now greater than ever, younger brilliant college students are  new metrics like return on funding (ROI) and imply wage statistics when selecting schools.

Founded in 1874, the SUNY Maritime College was the primary federally permitted maritime academy to be based within the United States, and is one among solely seven degree-granting maritime academies within the United States.

This 12 months, SUNY Maritime got here in seventh place. The faculty for years has had almost one hundred pc of its graduates working in careers of their alternative after commencement.

“SUNY Maritime excels at educating our students to give them the knowledge and skills they need for a strong start in their careers,” stated Rear Admiral Michael J. Alfultis, president of the faculty. “Applied learning has been our mission for 140 years and will continue to be the driving force to ensure our graduates are ready for the professional world.” 

The faculty was additionally named a “Best Northeastern College”, a “College that Pays You Back” and was ranked among the many prime schools and universities within the nation for internship alternatives.

SUNY Maritime additionally took first place on the PayScale, Inc listing of schools whose graduates have the highest median salary 10 years after graduation, and first place on the BestColleges.com listing of faculties with the highest Return On Investment.

Related Book: Four Years Before the Mast: A History of New York’s Maritime College by Joseph A. Williams