by our College Data Analytics TeamVisual & Performing Arts is a program of study at Maryland Institute College of Art. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in visual and performing arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at MICA was ranked #159 on College Factual's Best Schools for visual and performing arts list. It is also ranked #4 in Maryland.
Here are some of the other rankings for MICA.
Part-time undergraduates at MICA paid an average of $2,020 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $48,510 | $48,510 |
| Fees | $680 | $680 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,700 | $1,700 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $15,050 | $15,050 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,230 | $1,230 |
Learn more about MICA tuition and fees.
MICA does not offer an online option for its visual and performing arts bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the MICA Online Learning page.
About 80.5% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in visual and performing arts in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 63.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in visual and performing arts at MICA in 2019-2020, 32.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 39 |
| Black or African American | 27 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 152 |
| International Students | 80 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 24 |
Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 27 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 180 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 19 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 127 |
*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.
