Page 6. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 2009
Waterfront News
M A I N E M A R I T I M E A C A D E M Y N E W S
MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY NAMED MMA placed number 10 among its northern school enrolls into its ranking measurements awards A.S., B.S., and M.S. degrees in 16
A TOP U.S. COLLEGE IN THE NORTH baccalaureate colleges in the category just as most selective colleges have made fields of study. To learn more about Maine
CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy “Highest Graduation Rate”. efforts to recruit more disadvantaged Maritime Academy, visit
(MMA) has been listed in the rankings of the MMA was founded in 1941 by an act of students. The results, along with a complete www.mainemaritime.edu
nation’s top baccalaureate colleges for the the 90th Maine Legislature and has no summary of the methodology used to rank
northern region in the 2010 edition of mandatory service obligations for any of its each school, are also online at MAINE MARITIME TO HOLD SERVICE
“America’s Best Colleges” by U.S. News & graduates. The college began the 2009-2010 www.usnews.com/colleges ACADEMY INFORMATIONAL
World Report. academic year on August 31 with maximum WORKSHOP
Maine Maritime Academy was ranked enrollment and an incoming class of 280, one OPEN HOUSE SET AT MAINE Maine Maritime Academy will host an
for the third consecutive year in the section of the largest classes in the college’s history. MARITIME ACADEMY informational workshop for prospective
titled, “Best Baccalaureate Colleges (By According to U.S. News & World Maine Maritime Academy, Maine’s students and their parents on gaining
Region)”. MMA was placed as 10th overall Report, the category in which Maine coastal college, will host an open house for admission to Federal service academies,
in the listing of public and private colleges Maritime Academy was evaluated, was prospective students and their parents on public maritime academies, or private military
located in the north, a region defined in the defined as “…institutions [that] focus on Saturday, September 26. colleges. The workshop, offered free of
publication as spanning from Maine to undergraduate education and offer a range Registration will take place in the Harold charge and open to the public, will be
Maryland. Last year MMA was placed at of degree programs - in the liberal arts, which Alfond Student Center from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. presented at the Clarion Hotel, located at
10th and the previous year at 14th within the account for fewer than half of the bachelor’s A continental breakfast and lunch are free to 1230 Congress Street in Portland, on
overall regional category. degrees, and in professional fields such as all participants. Monday, September 28, 2009, from 5:30-8:30
In all three editions, MMA has held on business, nursing, and education.” U.S. Jeffrey C. Wright, director of p.m. Registration will take place from 5:30-
to the third position within the regional list as News & World Report reported that there admissions, and other college officers will 6:30 p.m., and the information program will
a top public college within its regional were 319 baccalaureate colleges within the conduct programs on academic majors, take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
category. Placing behind two federally run four regions that they considered extracurricular activities, and options in According to Jeffrey Wright, director of
academies, Maine Maritime Academy was nationwide. student lifestyles. Academy admissions at Maine Maritime Academy, the
the first state-funded college to appear on Publishers noted that the new list, representatives will also lead tours of the workshop is designed to encourage
that list in each of the three most recent marking the 26th edition of the publication, campus, waterfront facilities, and college personal consultation with representatives
editions. measures up to 15 indicators of academic vessels. For a reservation, call 1-800-464- of various post –secondary institutions that
The college was also listed in a number performance for each college and university. 6565 (Maine), or 1-800-227-8465 (Out-of- offer structured leadership environments or
of sub-categories for the region: the 10th Quantitative data that assess a college’s State). opportunity for U.S. military service. High
ranked school in the category entitled, “Best performance in areas such as graduation and Maine Maritime Academy is a co- school students that are interested in
Values: Baccalaureate Colleges (North)”; a retention rates, faculty resources, financial educational public college specializing in disciplined training environments or unique
6th place ranking in the category “Economic resources, student selectivity, and alumni ocean and marine-oriented programs at the opportunities for personal growth are
Diversity Among Top-Ranked Schools: giving account for 75 percent of a college’s undergraduate and graduate levels, with encouraged to attend the workshops.
Baccalaureate Colleges (North)”, moving score. The other 25 percent is based on a peer emphasis on engineering, transportation, The evening workshop will consist of
the college up four spots from its placement assessment survey the magazine sends to management, and ocean sciences, as well as multiple informational sessions on Federal
last year. top officials at each school asking them to preparing officers for the U.S. Merchant military academies and the associated
MMA also improved this year in the rate the other colleges in their category. Each Marine and the uniformed services of the nomination process, military Reserve Officer
areas of freshmen retention and graduation year, the ranking methodology is reassessed United States. Founded in 1941, MMA Training Corps (ROTC) opportunities
rate. The college gained by one step in the to stay current with developments in higher enrolls more than 800 students from 35 states
category titled, “Average Freshmen education. For example, in recent years, U.S. and several foreign countries. The college
Continued on Page 7.
Retention Rates: Baccalaureate Colleges News has incorporated more data about the
(North)”, moving from 7th to 6th place. proportion of low-income students that a
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