The College's largest programs are Business and Management and Teacher Education. Old Westbury is the only SUNY campus in the metropolitan area offering a state-accredited Bachelor's degree in Accounting, which prepares graduates to become Certified Public Accountants. Planning for Master's degrees in Accounting and Teacher Education is currently underway. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is a four-year federal service collage established in 1943 to educate and train young men and women as officers in the America's merchant marine and U.S. Naval Reserve, and as the future leaders of the maritime and transportation industries. The Academy, in Kings Point, Long Island, NY offers accredited programs in marine transportation and engineering, leading to a bachelor of science degree, a U.S. merchant marine officers license, and a Naval Reserve commission.
Students spend two periods at sea aboard U.S. cargo vessels as part of their training.
There are some 900 students at the academy. Webb Institute Webb Instutute, located on Long Island, is a private engineering college, with all undergraduate students on full-tuition scholarships. The college offers a BS degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and a MS degree in Ocean Technology and Commerce. The Institute's graduates are active throughout the United States in the ship design, ship construction, yacht design and marine operations industries and in appropriate government offices. The Official Education Site of the LongIsland.