Graduate Programs | Maine College of Art & Design

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Maine College of Art & Design with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $41,068 for prospective students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,871.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$40,668
Fees	$400
Cost per Credit	$1,871
Books & Supplies	$1,250
Room & Board	$15,650 (On-Campus) / $8,100 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,100 (On-Campus) / $2,100 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$60,068
Off-Campus Total	$52,518

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$36,054	$37,250	$38,362	$39,502	$41,068

Graduate Program Overview

Maine College of Art & Design is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Portland, Maine. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $41,068.

It offers three (3) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Maine College of Art & Design
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	522 Congress St., Portland, ME
Graduate School Students	82 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$41,068
Student to Faculty	8:1 (12.50%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 3 Graduate Programs 2 Master's, 1 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Maine College of Art & Design offers Masters, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 3 major areas - 2 Master's , 1 Post-Bachelor'. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	33	-	36	-
Men	8	-	7	-
Women	25	-	29	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Journalism (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	36	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Art Teacher Education	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Fine/Studio Arts	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 491 students enrolled in Maine College of Art & Design including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 82 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 18 male and 64 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 67 full-time and 15 part-time students in graduate schools.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	82
Men Students	18
Women Students	64

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	82
Full-time Students	67
Part-time Students	15

By race/ethnicity 51 White, 0 Black, and 5 Asian students are attending at Maine College of Art & Design. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	82
Asian	5
Hispanic	7
White	51
Two or more races	1
Un-Known	18

2 students are younger than 22 and 10 students are older than 65. The school has 30 students aged between 22 and 30 and 14 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	82
21 & Under	2
22-24	15
25-29	15
30-34	10
35-39	4
40 & Over	10

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Maine College of Art & Design, 0 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 32 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	56
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	0
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	32
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	24

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	0
Maine Resident	0
Other State In U.S.	-
Outside of U.S.	0

Graduate School Tuition at Maine College of Art & Design