Magazines praise Cal Maritime

Magazines praise Cal Maritime
Times-Herald staff report
Posted: 08/23/2009

The California Maritime Academy got a high ranking in U.S. News & World Report and Forbes magazine's annual surveys of the nation's undergraduate colleges and universities, the school announced.

Cal Maritime placed fifth among 17 ranked baccalaureate schools in the western U.S., second only to the U.S. Air Force Academy among public schools in that category, according to the survey.

Cal Maritime also was placed Number 61 among the nation's top 100 public colleges and universities in Forbes' 2009 rankings of America's Best Colleges.

The Vallejo campus was the only state maritime academy to make the list. Results from both surveys became available earlier this month.

Cal Maritime President William B. Eisenhardt said the annual surveys are useful in tracking perceptions over time, according to a prepared statement.

The Vallejo school is unique inits focus on maritime trade and transportation, engineering, maritime policy, maritime security and the environment, Eisenhardt said.