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highest paid grads suny maritime college

SUNY Maritime's campus is located along the water in the Bronx, NY.

Starting salary: $62,100
Mid-career salary: $121,700
% who think their job is meaningful: Not available

Graduates of this state school will not only get a full four-year academic degree, but they will also get certified to work aboard commercial vessels as a Merchant Marine.

The school, which is located in Throggs Neck, N.Y., offers majors in five different engineering tracks as well as science and business degrees.

First published March 5, 2015: 1:12 PM ET

Source: Source: PayScale.com. Data used in the College Salary Report came from surveys completed by roughly 1.4 million college graduates of 1,002 colleges and universities, which represent 75% of all bachelor's degree recipients in the U.S. Graduates with advanced degrees were excluded from the results. Only full-time, civilian workers based in the 50 states and District of Columbia were counted. The ranking is based on mid-career results, which comes from median salaries of graduates with 10 years of work experience. Whether a job is meaningful is based on the percentage of graduates who answered "Very much so" and "Yes" to the question: "Does your work make the world a better place?"

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