Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzam S. Maleki P.E., Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Gail M Stephens P.E., Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

overallpopulation is consistent with MMA’s series of 5-year plans which targeted overall growth from800-1200 and then from 1200-1600 students.Figure 2 is a highlight of the enrollment data for females only.Figure 2, Historical female enrollment as a percentage of overall enrollment from 1980 to 2015 3The greatest growth in female enrollment as a percentage of overall enrollment occurred in the1990’s. The decline in the percentage of women observed from 2003 through 2008 was as aresult of a corresponding growth in overall enrollment and the inability of the AdmissionsDepartment to keep up with the numbers of female applicants. Since 2010, the number ofwomen enrolled at MMA has more than doubled, from 109 to