FINANCIAL AID :

A quality education does cost more, but then something handcrafted always costs more than something mass produced. And, we’ve got an excellent financial assistance program.

Not too many of our families can afford to pay the full cost of attending MCA. In fact, 93% of our students receive some type of financial assistance, and we do everything we can to help students meet the cost of obtaining a Memphis College of Art degree. The vast majority (74%) of our students use loan programs to meet their educational needs. They borrow because they know that their MCA education is perhaps the greatest investment they’ll ever make, and it will be their greatest asset in the future.

There are three sources of financial aid:


• Institutional scholarships and grants
• Federal and state government aid
• Outside scholarships and grants

... and two ways the assistance is awarded:


• Merit
• Need