Psychology at Mills College

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Mills College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mills is located in Oakland, California and has a total student population of 961. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Mills.

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

Mills Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Mills Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Mills performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Mills is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	400
Most Focused Psychology Schools	848
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,314

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Mills. This makes it the #659 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at Mills

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

Mills Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Mills. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Mills Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Mills, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mills College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	16
Child Development & Psychology	3

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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.