Career + Professional Services

Explore Your Opportunities

We’re here to help you explore different career paths, discover career aspirations, and connect you with networking opportunities. Now more than ever, the job market requires new college graduates to be prepared. Not only are new grads competing with their peers for jobs, but in many cases with individuals who already have workforce experience. Our undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni have access to:

Career Fairs
Career Advising
Resume Reviewing
Internships/Co-ops
Interview Preparation
Networking opportunities
Graduate school and post-graduate advising

Sample Careers by Major

Emergency Management Career Paths

A Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Management affords graduates a broad array of professional opportunities upon graduation. Our recent graduates have joined state and local emergency management agencies, hospital emergency preparedness programs, and fire and law enforcement departments. Others have joined the military services as commissioned officers and enlisted members. Many graduates join private companies and non-governmental agencies as emergency preparedness specialists, planners, humanitarian aid workers, and more. Areas in which our graduates work include:

Local, State, and Federal Emergency Management
Homeland Security
Public Safety sector, including Fire, Police, EMS
Military
Humanitarian Aid/NGOs
Environmental Health & Safety
Public Health Emergency Management
Consulting
Communications
Cyber Security
Business Continuity
Hazardous Materials/Safety

Energy Systems Engineering Career Paths

This is what makes this major so unique because our graduates pursue work in every engineering field they have a strong passion for. The limits are self imposed. Renewable energy firms are always reaching out to our graduates

Possible positions for an Energy Systems Engineering major include:

Design engineer
Energy Analyst
Professional Engineer
Test engineer

Facilities Engineering Career Paths

The Facilities Engineering (FENG) program prepares graduates for careers in facilities engineering, management, and operations. Facilities engineers are responsible for the safe, economical, compliant and sustainable operation of various equipment and systems in large facilities such as manufacturing plants, office buildings, hospitals, and power plants.

MMA Facilities Engineers can be found in every business sector, in every level of management throughout industry all across the globe.

Possible positions for a Facilities Engineering major include:

Director of Facilities
Vice President of Operations
President of their own start-up company
Senior Executive Management
Engineering Systems Specialist

International Maritime Business Career Paths

This program prepares graduates in the foundation of general business, with a focus on the maritime sector, and prepares them for careers in the fields of management, logistics, transportation, operations, shipping, chartering, and maritime business. These unique skills provide cadets with an edge in the increasingly global marketplace. Many of our graduates go on to work in the following fields:

General Business
Shipping & Operations
Vessel Chartering & Brokerage
Port & Terminal Operations
Maritime Law & Insurance
Supply Chain Management

Marine Engineering Career Paths

The Marine Engineering (MENG) program prepares graduates for careers as licensed engineering officers in the United States Merchant Marine and for engineering positions in associated shoreside industries. Many graduates later go on to become senior management executives throughout industry.

Possible positions for a Marine Engineering major include:

Chief Engineer on a merchant ship
Port Engineer for an marine related company
Executive management for major corporations
Field service engineers throughout industry

Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection Career Paths

Careers as environmental and safety officers at sea (on cruise ships, drilling ships, oil rigs, NOAA Corps, Coast Guard,) and on land with numerous companies and institutions; environmental consultants and remediation specialists, environmental managers, scientific research technicians, law enforcement, GIS professionals, and educators. Some of the careers of our graduates include:

US Environmental Protection Agency or State Department of Environmental Protection Department scientists and safety specialists.
NOAA Fisheries or State Division of Marine Fisheries scientists and safety specialists.
Environmental managers
Scientific research technicians
Law enforcement
GIS professionals
Educators

Marine Transportation Career Paths

Career Paths are numerous. Many of our majors go on to work in the civilian maritime industry both afloat and ashore. Graduating with an Unlimited Tonnage, any Oceans License allows you to work on any type of vessel as a navigation watch officer and in charge of cargo loading and deck operations.

You could choose to work on the largest container vessel or cruise ship sailing the world’s oceans or stay closer to home aboard a tugboat, yacht, or ferry. Choosing to stay ashore your B.S. of Marine Transportation degree and shipboard knowledge prepares you for management and operations positions within the transportation, intermodal and petroleum industries.

Possible positions for a Marine Transportation major include:

Third Mate or navigation officer on oceangoing ships
Mate on a tugboat
Many of our graduates have gone on to work for organizations such Military Sealift Command, Maersk, American Maritime Officers, Kirby Corporation, Moran Towing or McDonough Marine.