Maritime acadeny ranks high among universities

Maritime acadeny ranks high among universities
Daily Republic staff | | September 04, 2008

VALLEJO - The California Maritime Academy has been recognized by US News & World Report as one of the best universities in the western United States.

US News & World Report ranked undergraduate colleges and universities across the country in its 2009 survey, which was based on responses from faculties and deans.

Of the 17 baccalaureate schools ranked in the western United States, the California Maritime Academy ranked fifth overall and second to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., among public universities.

The California Maritime Academy joined the California State University system in 1996.