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Student Consumer Information

The following links are provided to help prospective and current students quickly locate key information about various aspects of MICA.

This central location of information was designed to meet federal reporting and disclosure requirements of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) enacted on August 14, 2008.

Academic Information

Post-graduate Activities (The MICA Class of 2017 Alumni Survey was completed in August 2018)


MICA Undergraduate Alumni
(300 of 378 students surveyed responded - 80%)

~ 88% of MICA undergraduate alumni respondents reported that they were employed (Full time, Part time & Self-Employed).

~ 81% were working in a field related to their program of study.

~ 8% were participating in graduate study.



MICA Graduate Alumni
(180 of 200 students surveyed responded - 90%)

~ 90% of MICA graduate alumni respondents reported that they were employed (Full time, Part time & Self-Employed).

~ 96% were working in a field related to their program of study.

9% were participating in graduate study.



Student Persistence: Comparative Retention and Graduation Rates

Persistence & Graduation Chart

*The updated MICA retention rate is the percentage of Fall 2016 first-time, full-time freshmen who returned Fall 2017; for the national average, it is the percentage of Fall 2016 first-time, full-time freshmen who returned Fall 2017.

**The graduation rate is the percentage of Fall 2011 first-time, full-time freshmen who graduated after six-years (through 8/31/2017).

Sources: National Student Clearinghouse (national average retention rate from 2017) and the National Center for Educational Statistics (national average graduation rate for Fall 2010 first-time, full-time undergraduates).



Additional Six-Year Graduation Rate Information Specific to MICA

By Gender
    Male 72%     Female 72%

By Race/Ethnicity
    Asian 81%    Black 64%    Hispanic 78%    International 58%   
    Other 68%    Unknown 67%    White 72%

For Pell Grant Recipients 
     68%