Dance at Mills College

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

Mills is located in Oakland, California and has a total student population of 961. Of the 183 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mills College in 2021, 2 of them were dance majors.

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

Mills Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance
• Master’s Degree in Dance

Mills Dance Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dance major at Mills is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dance. 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 Dance Master’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Most Popular Dance Schools	114

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in dance from Mills. This makes it the #10 most popular school for dance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dance Student Demographics at Mills

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

Mills Dance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 dance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mills, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dance 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 dance.

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

Mills Dance Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in dance from Mills. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in dance each year. Mills does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

In the dance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 19% 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 dance.

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

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Music
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Dance Grads May Go Into

A degree in dance 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Choreographers	410	$70,020

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.