Enrollment Trends at MICA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,038 where 1,687 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

70.60% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.40% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 629 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 119 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.10 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in MICA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Maryland Institute College of Art since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,197	1,820	480	1,340	377	121	256
2016-17	2,112 -85	1,730 -90	444 -36	1,286 -54	382 5	109 -12	273 17
2017-18	2,128 16	1,749 19	445 1	1,304 18	379 -3	100 -9	279 6
2018-19	2,178 50	1,782 33	453 8	1,329 25	396 17	110 10	286 7
2019-20	2,227 49	1,749 -33	440 -13	1,309 -20	478 82	145 35	333 47
2020-21	1,892 -335	1,331 -418	365 -75	966 -343	561 83	170 25	391 58
2021-22	2,147 255	1,540 209	375 10	1,165 199	607 46	169 -1	438 47
2022-23	1,952 -195	1,403 -137	332 -43	1,071 -94	549 -58	147 -22	402 -36
2023-24	1,861 -91	1,324 -79	310 -22	1,014 -57	537 -12	142 -5	395 -7
2024-25	1,687 -174	1,191 -133	283 -27	908 -106	496 -41	128 -14	368 -27
Average	2,038	1,562	393	1,169	476	134	342

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,562 where 1,191 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Maryland Institute College of Art since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,820	1,743	457	1,286	77	23	54
2016-17	1,730	1,654	422	1,232	76	22	54
2017-18	1,749	1,673	418	1,255	76	27	49
2018-19	1,782	1,689	423	1,266	93	30	63
2019-20	1,749	1,666	412	1,254	83	28	55
2020-21	1,331	1,252	339	913	79	26	53
2021-22	1,540	1,485	363	1,122	55	12	43
2022-23	1,403	1,336	311	1,025	67	21	46
2023-24	1,324	1,242	295	947	82	15	67
2024-25	1,191	1,129	267	862	62	16	46
Average	1,562	1,562	371	1,116	1,562	22	53

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 476 where 496 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Maryland Institute College of Art since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	377	262	85	177	115	36	79
2016-17	382	280	83	197	102	26	76
2017-18	379	279	73	206	100	27	73
2018-19	396	297	82	215	99	28	71
2019-20	478	278	85	193	200	60	140
2020-21	561	189	58	131	372	112	260
2021-22	607	220	68	152	387	101	286
2022-23	549	231	66	165	318	81	237
2023-24	537	224	51	173	313	91	222
2024-25	496	234	57	177	262	71	191
Average	476	476	71	179	476	63	164

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.00% and the percentage of black students is 12.74% at Maryland Institute College of Art. 9.78% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.88% to 31.00%. Asian enrollment declined from 11.65% to 9.78%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.28% to 12.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.83% to 11.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8627 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7454 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Maryland Institute College of Art over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	3	256	138	150	3	1,052	122
2016-17	2	251	141	152	3	953	115
2017-18	2	217	152	167	4	864	119
2018-19	1	206	172	198	1	806	117
2019-20	2	205	194	206	1	800	127
2020-21	5	198	227	184	2	653	107
2021-22	2	229	225	205	1	812	143
2022-23	1	189	216	204	0	683	122
2023-24	5	195	250	192	0	598	108
2024-25	4	165	215	191	0	523	86
Average	3	211	193	185	2	774	117