Writing Studies at Mills College

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if Mills College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

Mills is located in Oakland, California and approximately 961 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Writing Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Mills Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

Mills Writing Studies Rankings

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Writing Student Demographics at Mills

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at Mills College.

Mills Writing Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 writing majors earned their master's degree from Mills. Of these graduates, 9% were men and 91% were women.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mills College with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Literature
• General English Literature

Careers That Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Mills College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sanfranman59 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.