Maryland Institute College of Art Overview

Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland Institute College of Art is a private not-for-profit institution. Baltimore is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Maryland Institute College of Art Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at MICA since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at MICA is the master's degree.
• In a recent academic period23% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from MICA makes roughly $45,212 a year. This is 11% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average MICA student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Maryland Institute College of Art?

Contact details for MICA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1300 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217-4134
Phone:	410-669-9200
Website:	www.mica.edu

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How Do I Get Into MICA?

You can apply to MICA online at: micaundergrad.slideroom.com/#/Login

Admission Requirements for MICA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into MICA?

MICA has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 21% of accepted students are men and 79% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 71%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 15% of students accepted to MICA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 700. Math scores were between 477 and 662.

MICA received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

Can I Afford Maryland Institute College of Art?

The overall average net price of MICA is $46,072. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At MICA, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $9,965 a year. That adds up to $39,860 over four years for those students.

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Maryland Institute College of Art Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,331 undergraduate students at MICA, with 1,252 being full-time and 79 being part-time.

There are also 561 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,252 full-time undergraduates at MICA, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Maryland Institute College of Art students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	148
Black or African American	130
Hispanic or Latino	137
White	380
International Students	344
Other Races/Ethnicities	113

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Maryland Institute College of Art. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 41 countries are represented at MICA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Maryland Institute College of Art Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Design & Applied Arts	113	176	289
Fine & Studio Arts	118	33	151
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	65	37	102
Business Administration & Management	0	43	43
Graphic Communications	41	0	41
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	7	20	27
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	24	24
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	10	10
Arts & Media Management	0	4	4
Environmental Design	2	0	2
Cultural Studies & Analysis	0	0	0
Other Visual Art	0	0	0
TOTAL	346	347	693

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By sneakerdog under License

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