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Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, Maryland Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Maryland Institute College of Art is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Baltimore, Maryland. The campus sits in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,687, made up of 1,191 undergraduates and 496 graduate students.

Maryland Institute College of Art offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees across 30 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Illustration, Design and Applied Arts, Other, and Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia. It awarded 634 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

83% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Key figures

1,687
Students enrolled
83%
First-year retention
634
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
30
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 30

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Visual and Performing Arts 23
Communication and Journalism 1
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Communications Technologies 1
Education 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Architecture 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
83%
Student-to-faculty ratio
9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
320
Master's degrees
314

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,687
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,191
Graduate students, fall 2024
496
Full-time, fall 2024
81%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,014
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,423
Graduate students, 2024-25
591
Full-time, 2024-25
67%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
76%
Men
24%
White
30%
Hispanic or Latino
11%
Black or African American
14%
Asian
10%
Two or more races
6%
International (U.S. nonresident)
17%
Race or ethnicity unknown
12%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
14%
Students taking some online courses
7%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
President
Cecilia McCormick
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training

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