85% Grads find jobs already

weski
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:15:01 +0000

MARAD has issued a press release containing the employment numbers from this years maritime academy graduating classes which indicate a strong demand for licensed officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine. The stats for the class of 2008 can be viewed here for the obsessed. [MARAD - Welcome to U.S. Maritime Administration](http://www.marad.dot.gov/Headlines/2008/News%20Releases/Growing%20Demand%20for%20Trained%20Mariners.html)

Only months after graduation ceremonies were held on campuses across the nation, approximately 85 percent of 2008 graduates with merchant marine licenses from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and six state maritime academies have found employment afloat in the maritime industry or in the U.S. military, according to data released by the Maritime Administration today.

Total employment for 2008 licensed graduates is already more than 95 percent. This number includes those who have found shoreside employment in the maritime industry.