EMPLOYABILITY STATUS OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MARINE ENGINEERING (BSMARE) GRADUATES’ AT NAVAL STATE UNIVERSITY (NSU) – MAIN CAMPUS

This study determined the employability status of Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering (BSMarE) at Naval State University – Main Campus from 2010 – 2017. Specifically, it sought to answer the following: graduates' rate, employability rate of graduates in marine engineering and significant relationship between graduate's rate and employability rate. Descriptive research design is used for this study. The respondents were all graduates of BSMarE program in the college of maritime education of NSU. A random sampling method was utilized using survey questionnaire and supplemental interview as an instrument to gather the data. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) using SPSS software to test the relationship on the identified variables. Results revealed that the graduates of BSMarE obtained fifty-two (52%) percent were employed both domestic and international fleet. It means, out of one thousand six hundred sixty-four BSMarE graduates from 2010 to 2017, eight hundred sixtyfive were employed. This would imply that the employability rate is higher than the target program objective of the college within ten years as stated on the operational plan