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 14 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is fine & studio arts.
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MICA was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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When it comes to admittance, Maryland Institute College of Art is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
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.
Learn more about Maryland Institute College of Art admissions.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at MICA it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 23%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% 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 64%, 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28,124 | $32,955 | $39,513 | $43,159 | $45,894 |
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 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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See which majors at Maryland Institute College of Art make the most money.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 314 | $27,246 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 155 | $21,138 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 97 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 44 | NA |
| Graphic Communications | 35 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 34 | $17,500 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 25 | NA |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 13 | NA |
| Environmental Design | 10 | NA |
| Arts & Media Management | 4 | 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 2022-2023, 358 students took at least one online class at Maryland Institute College of Art. This is a decrease from the 394 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 358 | 303 |
| 2021-2022 | 394 | 354 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,892 | 1,892 |
| 2018-2019 | 53 | 53 |
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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