State University of New York Maritime College
New York's state maritime college, sited at Fort Schuyler on the East River in the Bronx, offering undergraduate engineering, marine transportation and business degrees with applied training aboard the training ship Empire State VII. Licence-track students graduate credentialed as US Coast Guard licensed ship officers, and participation in the Regiment of Cadets is optional rather than required. The college reports a job placement rate above 90 percent and a top-ranked return on investment, and students complete industry internships alongside coursework.