Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 18 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 12 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 27.8%
- No Data12 · 66.7%
- Failing1 · 5.6%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 4
- Jun 2023Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- May 2020Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Jun 2019Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 353 students received $2.1M in Pell grants, alongside $18.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 429 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at MICA
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus4
- Public property19
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
MICA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MICA selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMaryland Institute College of Art | 72% | — | 1,687 | $42,729 | — |
| 52% | 24.5% | 1,452 | $41,416 | — | |
| 53% | 91.1% | 3,147 | $36,113 | — | |
| — | 93.8% | 908 | $24,776 | Community College | |
| 78% | 40.8% | 1,084 | $51,754 | — | |
| 91% | 9.2% | 1,073 | $43,571 | — | |
| Peer group median | 72% | 40.8% | 1,268 | $42,073 |
Institutions like MICA
Explore the federal data for institutions in MICA's comparison group.
- New York
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Grad rate52%Admit rate24.5%Enrollment1,452Net price$41,416View data - New York
Culinary Institute of America
Grad rate53%Admit rate91.1%Enrollment3,147Net price$36,113View data - Community CollegePennsylvania
Harcum College
Grad rate—Admit rate93.8%Enrollment908Net price$24,776View data - New York
Manhattan School of Music
Grad rate78%Admit rate40.8%Enrollment1,084Net price$51,754View data - New York
The Juilliard School
Grad rate91%Admit rate9.2%Enrollment1,073Net price$43,571View data
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