Jackson says in addition to working on ships, California Maritime Academy engineering graduates also get jobs with power plants and satellite companies. Faculty member Bill Schmid says the outlook for students studying marine transportation is not as bright as it was before the economic downturn, but it is recovering.
"I think probably the vast majority of our graduates are employed in the industry, if they want to be, now," said Schmid.
Even with a 94 percent job-placement rate, only about 900 students are currently enrolled in the Academy. Vasile Tudoran and his classmate, Andrew Di Tucci, understand why.
"It is not for everybody, that is why there are so few of us there," said Tudoran. "There is always a reason."
"The school, it is not like your normal college experience would be," said di Tucci. "We are a paramilitary school. We have uniforms. We have formations. Just disciplining yourself to show up and keep grooming standards and be where you need to be, sit down, buckle your belt and study."
Not only do the students have to be disciplined because of their responsibilities on the ship, instructor Bill Schmid says the coursework is also rigorous.
"Ship's officers are kind of like your surgeons or your airplane pilot," Schmid explained. "You do not want them to be right only 70 percent of the time. We pretty much have to be right all the time. That is a hard thing to teach young people. There is zero tolerance for mistakes."
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