An article on CollegeFashion.net, a site written by and for college students in the fashion world, named MICA as a top fashion-related school. The writer, a student at Columbia University who is interning at Town & Country, offered advice for high school and college students who dream of working in fashion, and he compiled a "short and concise [list of] the top schools you should attend if you want to work in fashion -- that is, if you want to study hard but you don't want a liberal arts-oriented curriculum."

MICA was one of the top 16 international schools listed (in alphabetic order): "In addition to offering liberal arts courses, MICA boasts of fifteen bachelor's degree programs. The master's program was ranked fourth by U.S. News and World Report, and luckily undergraduate students have the opportunity to work alongside these graduate students. While the school does not offer a fashion design major, it does offer an Experimental Fashion studio concentration, which allows even Art History majors to engage in innovative apparel creation - including a fashion show."

Founded in 1826, MICA is among the top visual arts colleges in the nation. It enrolls 1,714 undergraduate and 218 graduate students from 48 states and 52 foreign countries, offering programs of study leading to the bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.), master of arts (M.A.), and master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degrees. It also offers post-baccalaureate certificate programs and a full slate of credit and noncredit courses for adults, college-bound students, and children. MICA is recognized as an important cultural resource for the Baltimore/Washington region, sponsoring many public and community-outreach programs-including more than 100 exhibitions by students, faculty, and nationally and internationally known artists annually-as well as artists' residencies, film series, lectures, readings, and performances.