Master's · Baltimore, Maryland
Is Design and Applied Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $96,656
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $78,785
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.4 years (likely 3.7–9.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$94k (likely −$149k – −$47k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$12k (likely −$105k – $73k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Maryland Institute College of Art
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$61,000
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$60,017
- Fine and Studio Arts (Master's)$51,820
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Bachelor's)$49,187
- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$45,436
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts (Bachelor's)$43,227
- Fine and Studio Arts (Bachelor's)$34,283
- Graphic Communications (Bachelor's)$25,814
Design and Applied Arts at other schools in Maryland
- University of Baltimore$63,427