History at Mills College

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at Mills College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mills is located in Oakland, California and approximately 961 students attend the school each year. Of the 183 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mills College in 2021, 4 of them were history majors.

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

Mills History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Mills History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Mills compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Mills is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused History Schools	564
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	915

History Student Demographics at Mills

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

Mills History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Mills. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Mills since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 72% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mills also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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.