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The Maritime Business Administration bachelor's program, available at the Galveston Campus, delivers comprehensive training in essential business disciplines including accounting, finance, marketing, legal studies, economics, and mathematics - all vital for modern business careers. This foundational coursework prepares students for specialized studies in global commerce, river transportation systems, shipping brokerage, corporate dynamics, transport economics, harbor operations, and other maritime sector specialties.
Global commerce continues to grow due to enhanced worldwide economic and political stability, with projections indicating further expansion as leading economies engage more actively in international markets. Approximately 90% of this growing trade volume will be transported via maritime shipping. Consequently, U.S. port operations are anticipated to surge by over 100% in the coming two decades, with certain Gulf Coast ports potentially experiencing threefold increases in cargo handling. These converging factors currently drive - and will continue to fuel - strong demand for qualified maritime specialists in shore-based positions. Graduates with Maritime Business Administration degrees stand perfectly positioned to fulfill the rising need for highly skilled maritime industry professionals.
You are an international freshman if you:
are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or
are not graduating from a Texas high school after three years in residence in Texas and
are a student without college credit or
earned college credit prior to high school graduation (dual credit/early college high school)
English proficiency can also be demonstrated by:
Minimum TOEFL i-BT score of 80
Minimum TOEFL Essentials score of 8.5
Minimum IELTS Academic test score of 6.0 overall band (Texas A&M University does not accept the IELTS General test)
When to Apply: Spring: August 1; Fall: December 1