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Design & Applied Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art

Design & Applied Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art

If you plan to study design & applied arts, take a look at what Maryland Institute College of Art has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MICA is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 1,892 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Design & Applied Arts section at the bottom of this page.

MICA Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design
  • Master’s Degree in Design

MICA Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Design Student Demographics at MICA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Maryland Institute College of Art.

MICA Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

74% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of design master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with a master's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 17
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 82
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Maryland Institute College of Art. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Design & Applied Arts 122
Graphic Design 32
Illustration 15
Visual Communications 11

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Maryland Institute College of Art.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Graphic Designers 3,030 $58,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,850 $74,160
Interior Designers 1,250 $66,140
Photographers 740 $39,640
Artists 540 $87,920

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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