by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Maryland Institute College of Art was awarded 85 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is game & interactive media design.
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MICA was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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Maryland Institute College of Art has an acceptance rate of 86%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for MICA.
The student to faculty ratio at MICA is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Maryland Institute College of Art is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 86% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Maryland Institute College of Art enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at MICA for first-time, full-time students is 67%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Maryland Institute College of Art.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,331 undergraduates at MICA with 1,252 being full-time and 79 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $30,316 | $35,845 | $37,896 | $40,901 | $42,907 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MICA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. 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 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.
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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 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 154 | $30,590 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 119 | $19,904 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 27 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 17 | $27,950 |
| Environmental Design | 9 | NA |
| Arts & Media Management | 0 | NA |
| Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry | 0 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 0 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 0 | NA |
| Cultural Studies & Analysis | 0 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 394 students took at least one online class at Maryland Institute College of Art. This is a decrease from the 1,892 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 394 | 354 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,892 | 1,892 |
| 2018-2019 | 149 | 149 |
| 2017-2018 | 53 | 53 |
| 2016-2017 | 46 | 46 |
Learn more about online learning at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Footnotes
*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.
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