College · Private nonprofit · Baltimore, MD · City
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
Admit rate77%
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$43k
Undergrad size1,189
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $43k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 77% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1258.
If you get in
1,189 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $77k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $43k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$307k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$171k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$137k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback5.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $56.8k
- Room & board
- $20.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans41%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr72%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$45k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,189
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- MICA
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White32%
- International19%
- Hispanic12%
- Unknown11%
- Black11%
- Asian9%
- Two or more races6%
First-gen students17%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$73k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 10
What you can study.