Massachusetts Maritime Academy — Attraction in Bourne

Anyone whose children are looking for an academically strong marine science and maritime focused centered curriculum could not find a better place to tour for their future college students. So impressed with the list of degree programs, and they are adding certifications and liscensing classes all the time. The campus is self contained, professionally managed but student led studies abound, and the upgraded buildings and design, plus the new facilities coming (plus a new amazing sea faring Vessel) are gorgeous and State of the art for students moving out into the real world. NCAA div 3 sports abound, and hopefully, they bring back the winter cycle to add even more, with training facilities any SEC team would be excited to use! The structure of the military type schedule is manageable without being overwhelming, and the students never need to worry about what to wear except on downtime. Beaches and shopping are minutes away, but you feel like you are on your own little island. Look them up. It is a true diamond...

I graduated a few years from here, and I would never trade it for anything. However, the leadership needs to be redefined, the prices at the school store are morbidly high, and they require you to wear things bought from the school store. You have to pay an extra couple hundred dollars for your graduation uniform, it is not included in the original sea bag that you pay for when you start. There is a lot of hypocrisy that happens in the leadership and among the students that are made part of...

We went to watch my son's football game against the MMA. It is a nice clean facility. It was MMA's homecoming game and Canal day, which made it very crowded and busy, but it was an organized miss, the logistics and resources were well organized and deployed. I interacted with campus police while waiting inline to find a parking spot, they were friendly, accommodating and had everything...