MICA’s DNA

At a Glance

The Maryland Institute College of Art is a college on the cutting edge – built on nearly 200 years of tradition.

MICA (pronounced “my-ka’) is home to top-ranked fine arts, design, electronic media, art education, liberal arts, and professional studies degree and non-credit programs. Our alumni and programming reach around the globe, even as the College remains a cultural cornerstone in the Baltimore/Washington region, hosting hundreds of exhibitions and events annually by students, faculty and other established artists.

1826

Founded in 1826, MICA is the oldest independent, continuously degree-granting college of art and design in the U.S.

3,000+

The College enrolls over 3,000 undergraduate, graduate and open studies students from 45 states and 56 countries.

Top 10

M.F.A. programs in the visual arts:
#4 in Graphic Design
#6 in Painting & Drawing; Sculpture
#8 in Fine Arts
(U.S. News & World Report)

646

Number of professional artists, designers, art historians, poets and writers from Yale, Harvard, Cooper Union, & other prestigious universities.

120+

Number of visiting artists, critics, designers, poets , writers, and art historians from across the United States and around the world each year.

45

Number of states represented in MICA's student body. (Undergraduate and Graduate.)

9:1

MICA's student-faculty ratio is 9:1.