Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MICA

At Maryland Institute College of Art, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 77.01%. MICA's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Maryland Institute College of Art than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.98%, and the 2024 yield is 11.01%.

The number of MICA applicants decreased by -0.38% (12 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 77.01% at Maryland Institute College of Art. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.60% and women students' rate is 68.03%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Maryland Institute College of Art than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Maryland Institute College of Art over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.03%	57.98%	58.05%
2014-15	54.16% -3.87%	54.11% -3.88%	54.17% -3.87%
2015-16	47.35% -6.80%	47.39% -6.71%	47.34% -6.83%
2016-17	57.09% 9.74%	57.08% 9.68%	57.10% 9.76%
2017-18	61.61% 4.51%	61.60% 4.53%	61.61% 4.51%
2018-19	64.26% 2.66%	64.29% 2.68%	64.25% 2.65%
2019-20	63.89% -0.37%	63.93% -0.36%	63.88% -0.37%
2020-21	89.83% 25.94%	89.80% 25.87%	89.84% 25.96%
2021-22	86.01% -3.83%	77.01% -12.79%	89.01% -0.83%
2022-23	79.58% -6.43%	71.45% -5.56%	82.07% -6.95%
2023-24	77.01% -2.57%	65.96% -5.49%	81.01% -1.06%
Average	67.17%	64.60%	68.03%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.98% where the current academic year yield is 11.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Maryland Institute College of Art from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.65%	23.67%	23.65%
2014-15	27.39% 3.74%	27.23% 3.56%	27.45% 3.80%
2015-16	22.73% -4.66%	22.75% -4.48%	22.73% -4.72%
2016-17	17.69% -5.04%	17.74% -5.01%	17.67% -5.05%
2017-18	18.88% 1.19%	18.84% 1.09%	18.90% 1.22%
2018-19	17.86% -1.02%	17.87% -0.96%	17.86% -1.04%
2019-20	15.75% -2.11%	15.73% -2.14%	15.76% -2.10%
2020-21	10.76% -4.99%	10.77% -4.97%	10.76% -5.00%
2021-22	11.98% 1.22%	13.00% 2.24%	12.01% 1.25%
2022-23	9.09% -2.90%	8.71% -4.29%	9.22% -2.79%
2023-24	11.01% 1.92%	13.98% 5.27%	11.01% 1.79%
Average	16.98%	17.30%	17.00%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,360, the average number of admitted is 2,233, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 361.

The number of MICA applicants decreased by -0.38% (12 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Maryland Institute College of Art from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,914	1,691	400
2014-15	3,067 5.25%	1,661 -1.77%	455 13.75%
2015-16	3,818 24.49%	1,808 8.85%	411 -9.67%
2016-17	3,475 -8.98%	1,984 9.73%	351 -14.60%
2017-18	3,636 4.63%	2,240 12.90%	423 20.51%
2018-19	3,702 1.82%	2,379 6.21%	425 0.47%
2019-20	4,024 8.70%	2,571 8.07%	405 -4.71%
2020-21	2,990 -25.70%	2,686 4.47%	289 -28.64%
2021-22	3,066 2.54%	2,637 -1.82%	316 9.34%
2022-23	3,139 2.38%	2,498 -5.27%	227 -28.16%
2023-24	3,127 -0.38%	2,408 -3.60%	265 16.74%
Average	3,360	2,233	361

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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