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?

• MICA has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 8 to 1.
• Students at MICA have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at MICA is the master's degree.
• In 2019-2020, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, MICA bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $44,202 a year. That's about 8% more than their peers at other schools.
• The average MICA student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Maryland Institute College of Art Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at MICA.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Most Popular Other Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards MICA has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Other Design & Applied Arts Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Graphic Design Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Drawing Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Illustration Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#4	Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#55	Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/mica.edu
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/mica_news

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	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into MICA?

MICA has the high acceptance rate of 90%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 25% of accepted students are men and 75% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

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 44% of students took out student loans averaging $9,281 a year. That adds up to $37,124 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MICA is 4.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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.

Online Learning at Maryland Institute College of Art

In 2019-2020, 1,892 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MICA has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 16th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of MICA

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Maryland Institute College of Art was $49,190 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how MICA is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Design & Applied Arts	#10	#10
Visual & Performing Arts	#70	#70

Online Affordability Rankings of MICA Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Maryland Institute College of Art was $49,190 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how MICA is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Design & Applied Arts	#7	#7
Visual & Performing Arts	#25	#25

Online Growth Rankings of MICA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Maryland Institute College of Art was 342.1%. This is the #210 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at MICA regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of MICA majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	71%
Business, Management & Marketing	71%
Design & Applied Arts	2%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at MICA ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Design & Applied Arts	#4
Visual & Performing Arts	#7
Business Administration & Management	#76
Business, Management & Marketing	#115

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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	154	180	334
Fine & Studio Arts	119	21	140
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	17	20	37
General Visual & Performing Arts	27	0	27
Business Administration & Management	0	21	21
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	20	20
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	16	16
Environmental Design	9	0	9
Arts & Media Management	0	4	4
Cultural Studies & Analysis	0	0	0
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry	0	0	0
Other Visual Art	0	0	0
TOTAL	326	282	608

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.