Marine Trade Training and Education
Do you want to work in an ocean-related industry? There are lots of good jobs out there. But as with most careers, you'll get the edge on your fellow job seekers if you get an education that equips you with the skills and knowledge employers demand. Today the right set of skills is increasingly important as even the most labor-intensive jobs incorporate more modern technology.
To help you find an educational program that will lead to a good job in marine industries, the Marine Advisory Program has compiled the following list of schools, colleges, universities, and vocational institutes. You'll find these places offer an array of programs that can help you prepare to compete and win in the marine career sweepstakes.
Links were last updated 16 June 2006.
Regions
If a career in marine science instead of marine industry is more what you're after, below also are links to websites on marine science careers.
If you are interested in working in the Alaska seafood industry, check out the seafood industry links.
Great Lakes and Atlantic Region
- Great Lakes Maritime Academy (Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan)
Maine
- Maine Maritime Academy (Castine)
- Southern Maine Community College (South Portland)
- Washington County Community College (Calais)
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Buzzards Bay)
New York
- Hofstra University (Hempstead)
- State University of New York Maritime College (Throggs Neck)
- Suffolk County Community College (Selden)
- U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point)
- Webb Institute of Naval Architecture (Glen Cove)
New Jersey
Delaware
- University of Delaware (Newark)
Washington, DC
Maryland
- U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis)
Virginia
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville)
Southeastern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Region
North Carolina
- Cape Fear Community College (Wilmington)
Georgia
- University of Georgia (Athens)
Florida
- Florida Atlantic University (multiple campuses)
- Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne)
- Florida Keys Community College (Key West)
- Gulf Coast Community College (Panama City)
Mississippi
- Mississippi State University (Mississippi State)
Texas
- Ocean Corporation, TX (Houston)
- Texas A&M Galveston (Galveston)
Pacific Region
Alaska
- Alaska Vocational Technical Center (Seward)
- Fishery Industrial Technology Center (University of Alaska, Kodiak)
- Prince William Sound Community College (Valdez)
- University of Alaska Southeast (Juneau)
Washington
- Bellingham Technical College (Bellingham)
- Clover Park Technical College (Lakewood)
- Divers Institute of Technology (Seattle)
- Gray's Harbor College (Aberdeen)
- Peninsula College (Port Angeles)
- Seattle Central Community College (Seattle)
- Shoreline Community College (Shoreline)
Oregon
- Clatsop Community College (Astoria)
California
- California Maritime Academy (Vallejo)
- College of Marin (Kentfield)
- College of Oceaneering (Wilmington)
- Fullerton College (Orange County)
- Marine Advanced Technology Education (Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey)
- Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey)
- Saddleback Community College (Irvine)
- Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara)
National
Marine Science Careers
- Careers & Jobs in Marine Biology & Oceanography
- Careers in Marine Mammal Science
- EPA Environmental Careers
- General information about marine careers
- Marine Careers guide
- North Pacific Fisheries Observer Training Center
- Our World Underwater Scholarship Society
- Sea Grant Marine Science Careers, guide and personality profiles
- Careers in Oceanography, Marine Science & Marine Biology compilation of online guides
