The Office of Graduate Admission is here to help you with every aspect of the acceptance process, starting with the official offer of admission you received by email. 

Offer of Admission

The email you received is your official notification of acceptance; MICA distributes all admission notifications via email rather than by post. The email can be printed and used as a hard-copy letter of acceptance, if necessary. 

Merit Scholarships

If you received a merit scholarship, that information was also included in your acceptance email. Merit scholarships are MICA's primary form of financial assistance for graduate students. Our merit scholarships are issued in the form of a tuition credit. For students in multi-year programs, those awards renew each academic year provided you remain a full-time or low-residency student in good academic and financial standing. 

As a small private college, MICA does not offer fellowships or assistantships; the merit scholarship offered by the Graduate Scholarship Committee is the main form of tuition support MICA can offer. 

Cost of Attendance

As you compare offers from other institutions and assess your scholarship offer, the cost of attendance is the most important figure. Every school in the U.S. publishes a cost of attendance, combining known costs (like tuition and fees) with estimated costs (like rent and food).