Best Maritime Academy - Ranked

[cmjeff]

Which is the best maritime academy? Lots of threads about which academy is better or worse but I'd like to see a rank of which you would choose if you had to do it again. Here is my list and, as an example, I do not think A&M is any worse of a school than the rest I simply would not like to live in Galveston. I also think Maine is a top school education wise but I would not want to spend my college years an hour from civilization.

If I had to do it again, here's the rank:
1) A normal college
2) KP
3) Cal Maritime
4) Schuyler
5) Mass
6) Maine
7) A&M Galveston
8) Hawsepipe

I've never been to Great Lakes so I can't place it in the ranks.

[deepdraft]

If it was 1972 and I was starting out again here’s how I would rank the schools..

1) Cal Maritime (I’d do it again, 3 year program back then was a real plus for me)
2) Mass Maritime
3) Fort Scupper
4) Maine (the school’s a little to remote for my taste.. I heard it’s between Bum F*** and East Jesus, ME)
5) TAMUG
6) KP (IMO, if you’re looking for a seagoing career, KP is not worth the BS you have to put up with for the license)
7) Hawsepipe
8) GLMA (Traverse City, MI??.. No Thank You!)
9) Regular College