Education at Mills College

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Mills College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mills is located in Oakland, California and has a total student population of 961. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received their master's degree in education.

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

Mills Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Mills Education Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #363 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Mills

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

Mills Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students earned a master's degree in education from Mills. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 27% 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Educational Administration	39
General Education	19
Teacher Education Subject Specific	8
Teacher Education Grade Specific	5
Special Education	4

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Teacher Assistants	167,950	$35,350
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Middle School Teachers	46,500	$75,660

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.