Maryland Institute College of Art

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Maryland Institute College of Art

Maryland Institute College of Art operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,189 students of which 1,571 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Maryland Institute College of Art is categorized as “30” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 76.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,258. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $42,729, with published in-state tuition of $56,800 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 71.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 83.4%. Graduates earn a median of $45,212 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,451 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 77600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 53.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.