Music at Mills College

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Mills.

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

Mills Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music
• Master’s Degree in Music

Mills Music Rankings

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

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 music major at Mills is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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 Popular Music Master’s Degree Schools	202
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	730

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in music from Mills. This makes it the #203 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

Music Student Demographics at Mills

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

Mills Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from Mills. About 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Mills since its program graduates 54% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music 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 music.

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

Mills Music Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a master's degree in music from Mills. About 83% were men and 17% were women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Mills, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the music master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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 music.

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

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Dance
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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.