Maryland Institute
College of Art
Private College in Baltimore, MD. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $45,212.
Students who entered Maryland Institute College of Art land at a median of $45,212 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 72% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $26,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 77% puts Maryland Institute College of Art on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 3,201 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 10% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 11% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 570–670 | 28 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 508–635 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–33 | 10 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A 72% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 1,324 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,270 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $47,834 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $32,389 while those at $110k+ pay $50,918. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $25,709, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 43% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 277 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $32,389 |
| $30–48k | $35,223 |
| $48–75k | $45,071 |
| $75–110k | $45,906 |
| $110k+ | $50,918 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 546 of these 1,270 students, totalling $3,477,433 — an average of $6,369 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baltimore City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)