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Mills College was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general education.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Mills is ranked #959 out of 2,238 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Out of the 170 colleges in California, Mills is ranked at #114.
Mills College has an acceptance rate of 80%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 5% of students accepted to Mills submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 728 and 743. Math scores were between 650 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Mills it is much better at 8 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mills College is 48%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Mills College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Mills for first-time, full-time students is 47%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Mills College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 613 undergraduates at Mills with 566 being full-time and 47 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,236 | $22,472 | $22,894 | $28,433 | $37,997 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mills, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mills, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,162 a year. That adds up to $24,648 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Mills is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Mills College.
Contact details for Mills are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5000 Macarthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613 |
| Phone: | 510-430-2255 |
| Website: | https://www.mills.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/MillsCollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/MillsCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Public Policy | 22 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 22 | NA |
| General Psychology | 16 | NA |
| General English Literature | 15 | $26,216 |
| Sociology | 13 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 12 | NA |
| General Biology | 11 | NA |
| Ethnic Studies | 10 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 7 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 6 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 817 students took at least one online class at Mills College. This is a decrease from the 951 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 817 | 63 |
| 2019-2020 | 951 | 34 |
| 2018-2019 | 34 | 14 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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