America's Premiere Private Maritime College
NMI’s College of Maritime Science currently offers the Associate in Applied Science in Nautical Science degree program, which provides aspiring mariners with a fast track to employment in the maritime industry. The Nautical Science program is transforming maritime education by providing the required knowledge, practical training and sea time to qualify for U.S. Coast Guard licensing and an Associate’s degree in just two years. The program includes two summer cooperative learning semesters where students gain practical experience, earn sea time towards their license and make industry connections to jumpstart their careers. The program is approved by both the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and the United States Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center. A hands-on focus offers students numerous opportunities for experiential learning using simulators and vessels.
NMI’s College of Maritime Science currently offers the Associate in Applied Science in Nautical Science degree program, which provides aspiring mariners with a fast track to employment in the commercial maritime industry or as junior petty officers in the United States Coast Guard. The Nautical Science program is transforming maritime education by providing the required knowledge, practical training and sea time to qualify for U.S. Coast Guard licensing and an Associate’s degree in just two years. The program includes two summer cooperative learning semesters where students gain practical experience, earn sea time towards their license and make industry connections to jumpstart their careers. The program is approved by both the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and the United States Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center. A hands-on focus offers students numerous opportunities for experiential learning using comprehensive classrooms, training aids, advanced simulators and numerous vessels.
Admissions
Contact our Admissions team to learn more about NMI’s College of Maritime Science or to start your application today!
Hands-On Learning
Transfer classroom knowledge to advanced training aids, including our full-bridge simulators, training vessels, and summer at sea co-op experiences.
Employment
Graduate from NMI’s College of Maritime Science and get straight to work in one of the world’s best paying industries by choosing either the Merchant Marine or U.S. Coast Guard options.
United States Coast Guard Lateral Enlistment Program
The United States Coast Guard and the Northeast Maritime Institute – College of Maritime Science entered a historic partnership agreement in 2023. This agreement provides NMI graduates the opportunity to enter a Lateral Enlistment Program into the Coast Guard as junior petty officers upon graduation and completion of the USCG boot camp upon graduation from NMI’s Associate in Applied Science in Nautical Science Degree Program. NMI graduates will have the option to enlist as third-class or second-class Boatswains Mates, enlisting either full time into the Coast Guard or into the Coast Guard Reserve while serving in the United States Merchant Marine.
Students graduating from high school and enrolling into NMI’s Associate in Applied Science in Nautical Science Degree Program may also have the option to enroll as Reservists and attend U.S. Coast Guard boot camp during the summer months between high school graduation and their fall semester. Students who choose this option will receive a bonus and pay to offset their college tuition expenses.
The United States Coast Guard and the Northeast Maritime Institute – College of Maritime Science entered a historic partnership agreement in 2023. This agreement provides NMI graduates the opportunity to enter a Lateral Enlistment Program into the Coast Guard as junior petty officers upon graduation and completion of the USCG boot camp upon graduation from NMI’s Associate in Applied Science in Nautical Science Degree Program. NMI graduates will have the option to enlist as third-class or second-class Boatswains Mates, enlisting either full time into the Coast Guard or into the Coast Guard Reserve while serving in the United States Merchant Marine.
Students graduating from high school and enrolling into NMI’s Associate in Applied Science in Nautical Science Degree Program may also have the option to enroll as Reservists and attend U.S. Coast Guard boot camp during the summer months between high school graduation and their fall semester. Students who choose this option will receive a bonus and pay to offset their college tuition expenses.
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Our Mission
To equip graduates with the combination of knowledge, critical thinking, problem solving, ethical decision making, and confidence which will enable them to safely and efficiently operate, maintain, and lead maritime and ocean-related industries toward a responsible and sustainable future.
Education | Adventure | Employment
“I attribute my success to NMl's Three Tenets of Success ... Honesty, Integrity and Hard Work. In May 2018 I left for my second [NMI] Summer Semester at Sea internship with SEACOR Marine. I pushed to excel in those areas and as a result, impressed my superiors. I was offered a job sailing as AB and during my off time, I work as a relief captain on the St. Kitts to Nevis ferries. I'll soon qualify for my USCG 1600 GT Master's License and with the support of the faculty and staff at NMI, I'm sure I'll quickly achieve that goal.”
Captain Antawn MillsNMI Class of 2018 
“NMI helped me achieve my success by helping me develop a strong work ethic, building a strong, healthy intrapersonal routine and teaching me how to be honest with myself. I live by the three tenets of success (Honesty, Integrity and Hard Work) every day which has made it easier to become successful in my career and has allowed me to both love my work and love the life that it has already given me.”
Captain Cam BarachNMI Class of 2017 
"I get to be one-on-one with the teachers here more, and the classes are easier to focus in. One of the biggest things was, here at the school they talk to you about your fellow shipmates - you have to get along - and that’s a big part. And getting through the maritime industry you gotta become one - all together.
First coming to this school, we didn’t know each other, but the first day we clicked. It helps that we all have the same classes - we get to do work together and, you know, become more of a family. It’s been amazing. I feel at home with all of my friends and teachers. Everyone treats you right, and if you need help on anything they help you."
Captain Dominic IngramNMI Class of 2020 
“Throughout all of the ups and downs over the past two years, whether it be the emotional or academic struggles that we all have faced, NMI faculty and students were able to overcome all obstacles, providing all the knowledge we need to know going into the Maritime world along with some life lessons to take with us. NMI has definitely made me a part of their family and will for any Mariner that decides to take on this journey. I am very thankful for all the hard work the faculty has put forth in order to keep us on a fast track to graduation with little to no hiccups. And I can’t thank them enough for smoothing out my rough edges and helping shape me into the Mariner I am today!”
Tyler LesterNMI Class of 2021 
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"I get to be one-on-one with the teachers here more, and the classes are easier to focus in. One of the biggest things was, here at the school they talk to you about your fellow shipmates - you have to get along - and that’s a big part. And getting through the maritime industry you gotta become one - all together.
First coming to this school, we didn’t know each other, but the first day we clicked. It helps that we all have the same classes - we get to do work together and become more of a family. It’s been amazing. I feel at home with all of my friends and teachers. Everyone treats you right, and if you need help on anything they help you."
Captain Dominic IngramNMI Class of 2020
“I attribute my success to NMl's Three Tenets of Success ... Honesty, Integrity and Hard Work. In May 2018 I left for my second [NMI] Summer Semester at Sea internship with SEACOR Marine. I pushed to excel in those areas and as a result, impressed my superiors. I was offered a job sailing as AB and during my off time, I work as a relief captain on the St. Kitts to Nevis ferries. I'll soon qualify for my USCG 1600 GT Master's License and with the support of the faculty and staff at NMI, I'm sure I'll quickly achieve that goal.”
Captain Antawn MillsNMI Class of 2018
“NMI helped me achieve my success by helping me develop a strong work ethic, building a strong, healthy intrapersonal routine and teaching me how to be honest with myself. I live by the three tenets of success (Honesty, Integrity and Hard Work) every day which has made it easier to become successful in my career and has allowed me to both love my work and love the life that it has already given me.”
Captain Cam BarachClass of 2017
“Throughout all of the ups and downs over the past two years, whether it be the emotional or academic struggles that we all have faced, NMI faculty and students were able to overcome all obstacles, providing all the knowledge we need going into the Maritime world along with some life lessons to take with us. NMI has definitely made me a part of their family and will for any Mariner that decides to take on this journey. I am very thankful for all the hard work the faculty has put forth in order to keep us on a fast track to graduation with little to no hiccups. And I can’t thank them enough for smoothing out my rough edges and helping shape me into the Mariner I am today!”
Tyler LesterNMI Class of 2021
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“I attribute my success to NMl's Three Tenets of Success ... Honesty, Integrity and Hard Work. In May 2018 I left for my second [NMI] Summer Semester at Sea internship with SEACOR Marine. I pushed to excel in those areas and as a result, impressed my superiors. I was offered a job sailing as AB and during my off time, I work as a relief captain on the St. Kitts to Nevis ferries. I'll soon qualify for my USCG 1600 GT Master's License and with the support of the faculty and staff at NMI, I'm sure I'll quickly achieve that goal.”
Captain Antawn MillsNMI Class of 2018
"I get to be one-on-one with the teachers here more, and the classes are easier to focus in. One of the biggest things was, here at the school they talk to you about your fellow shipmates - you have to get along - and that’s a big part. And getting through the maritime industry you gotta become one - all together.
First coming to this school, we didn’t know each other, but the first day we clicked. It helps that we all have the same classes - we get to do work together and become more of a family. It’s been amazing. I feel at home with all of my friends and teachers. Everyone treats you right, and if you need help on anything they help you."
Captain Dominic IngramNMI Class of 2020
“NMI helped me achieve my success by helping me develop a strong work ethic, building a strong, healthy intrapersonal routine and teaching me how to be honest with myself. I live by the three tenets of success (Honesty, Integrity and Hard Work) every day which has made it easier to become successful in my career and has allowed me to both love my work and love the life that it has already given me.”
Captain Cam BarachClass of 2017
“Throughout all of the ups and downs over the past two years, whether it be the emotional or academic struggles that we all have faced, NMI faculty and students were able to overcome all obstacles, providing all the knowledge we need going into the Maritime world along with some life lessons to take with us. NMI has definitely made me a part of their family and will for any Mariner that decides to take on this journey. I am very thankful for all the hard work the faculty has put forth in order to keep us on a fast track to graduation with little to no hiccups. And I can’t thank them enough for smoothing out my rough edges and helping shape me into the Mariner I am today!”
Tyler LesterNMI Class of 2021
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