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 at MICA may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The 1% student loan default rate at MICA is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at MICA is the master's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 18% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from MICA with a bachelor's degree make about $45,668 a year. That's 12% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• 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

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?

Since MICA has an acceptance rate of 86%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 21% of accepted students are men and 79% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

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 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,802 a year. That adds up to $27,208 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MICA is 1.3%. 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 1,540 undergraduate students at MICA, with 1,485 being full-time and 55 being part-time.

There are also 607 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,485 full-time undergraduates at MICA, 24% are male and 76% 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	174
Black or African American	135
Hispanic or Latino	152
White	518
International Students	352
Other Races/Ethnicities	154

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 2020-2021, 394 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 2020-2021.

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.

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%.

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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