17 Master's degrees offered by the university

The Teaching program at Maryland Institute College of Art is nationally recognized for its success in preparing art education professionals who integrate personal artistry with the skill and understanding to direct the art making of others.

Mount Royal School of Art (Multidisciplinary) is a program offered at Maryland Institute College of Art that supports student artists in developing an intensive, critical, and imaginative art practice – in an exciting and diverse community enriched by a broad selection of established artists, museum curators, and collectors. 

The Studio Art (Summer Low-Residency) degree at Maryland Institute College of Art is designed for experienced artists, teachers, and other art professionals who want to pursue graduate study without disrupting their ongoing careers.

The Graphic Design program at Maryland Institute College of Art offers students an intensive immersion in graphic design.

The LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting from Maryland Institute College of Art is one of the only graduate programs in the country to focus solely on painting, giving a select group of highly motivated painters the opportunity to find their individual voices within a supportive community.

Focusing on the intersection between art and technology, students in the User Experience Design program at Maryland Institute College of Art study fundamental principles of interface design, project management, prototyping, and usability as applied to industries from gaming to healthcare and education to defense.

Learn how to translate data and information into graphics, images, and interactive designs that communicate more effectively to more people withe the Data Analytics and Visualization program at Maryland Institute College of Art. 

To succeed in business, you must embrace the opportunity to look at things differently. The Design Leadership degree at Maryland Institute College of Art is rooted in the philosophy that the best business minds are open ones.

The oldest program of its kind in the country, Rinehart School of Sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art expands and reinvents the tradition of sculptural practice.

The first of its kind in the country, Maryland Institute College of Art's degree in Curatorial Practice prepares students to expand the role of curators--engaging audiences more effectively by proposing alternative models of exhibition-making, institution-building, and social justice through art.

The Filmmaking degree from Maryland Institute College of Art prepares the next generation filmmaker to enter and sustain in a field that has expanded beyond Los Angeles, beyond New York and is energized by the Cinematic Culture of Baltimore. Cinema is a global artform that evokes meaning and purpose in the viewer.

The Photography and Media and Society degree at Maryland Institute College of Art is a vibrant program where mature, self-motivated candidates for the degree explore photography and media as an interdisciplinary medium informed by the liberal and visual arts and the record of the human story.

The Illustration degree from Maryland Institute College of Art is a one-year program for those interested in a career in illustration or in refining their existing illustration practice.

Graphic Design students at Maryland Institute College of Art use text, image, form, and storytelling to construct engaging experiences across media.

The Social Design degree at Maryland Institute College of Art is a one-year intensive master’s program that will prepare you to influence change, advance equity, drive social justice, and pioneer new professional pathways in any field. 

The Community Arts program from Maryland Institute College of Art prepares artists to use their artmaking as a means of civic, youth, and community development, activism, education and more.

The Illustration Practice degree from Maryland Institute College of Art has at its core a philosophy of necessary reexamination and reinvention, both in your work and thinking and in the paradigm of what it means to be an illustrator.