Mills College
Acceptance rate
16.7%
2025
Peer median 77.9%
Tuition per year
$67,778
$87,358 with room and board
Peer median $34,392
Undergraduates
464
Student-faculty ratio 7:1
Peer median 13 : 1
“Peers” are all 406 private master's colleges and universities in the U.S. (by Carnegie Classification).
About
- Type
- Private nonprofit, 4-year
- Location
- Oakland, California
- Website
- oakland.northeastern.edu
- Undergraduates
- 464
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Large city
- Nearest major city
- San Jose, about 40 mi
- Nearest international airport
- Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), about 5 mi
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Religious affiliation
- Not applicable
- President
- Joseph E. Aoun (President)
- Phone
- 5104302255
- City
- Oakland, California
- Address
- 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613
Rankings & Admission
Peer median 77.9% · all 406 private master's colleges and universities in the U.S.
Acceptance rate by gender, 2025
In 2020: men 3.6%, women 77.8%.
Test Scores
2025 admitted students, 25th–75th percentile · 20% submitted SAT, 5% submitted ACT · SAT/ACT optional: considered if submitted
How Hard Is It to Get In
1 in 6
18,030 applicants in 2025, 16.7% admitted
3,002 admitted 15,028 not admitted Yield 14.9%
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
Popular graduate programs
- Computer Software Engineering · Master's20 (100% international)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's13 (92% international)
- Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects · Master's7 (86% international)
All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard
*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
**Move mouse on can check deitaled graudates number, click for major detailed information
***Due to privacy policy, graduate salaries are not shown for some majors that has few gradautes
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Software Engineering. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | $124,222-$131,773 |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Arts. | - | ||
| Fine/Studio Arts, General. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Services, General. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and Government, General. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Studies. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, General. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| History, General. | - |
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science. | - |
Students
640 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 48:52 · Freshman retention 0.2%
- Continuing undergraduates 18
- First-year undergraduates 446
- Graduate students 176
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (464)
International Students
International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 406 private master's colleges and universities in the U.S.
70 in 2025 · 0.9% in 2016
149 in 2025 · 4.8% in 2016
Cost
2025 cost per year
$87,358
- Undergraduate tuition
- $67,778
- Room and board
- $19,580
- Graduate tuition
- $30,987
Peer median tuition + room and board $47,329 · all 406 private master's colleges and universities in the U.S.
Tuition rose 53% from 2016 to 2025; room and board rose 48%.
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$71.8M
Expenses$34.5M
Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)
Dark gray ticks: median pay for the same rank at all 406 private master's colleges and universities in the U.S.
Campus Life
Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA
No athlete data available for 2025.
No athlete data available for 2024.
No athlete data available for 2023.
Nearby & Safety
Ranked colleges nearby
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University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley · 7.6 mi
U.S. News #20
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University of San FranciscoSan Francisco · 14.6 mi
U.S. News #116
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San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco · 16.6 mi
U.S. News #227
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Stanford UniversityStanford · 24.3 mi
U.S. News #5
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Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara · 32.8 mi
U.S. News #55
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University of the PacificStockton · 49.4 mi
U.S. News #121
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University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz · 54.7 mi
U.S. News #109
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University of California-DavisDavis · 57.4 mi
U.S. News #34
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University of California-MercedMerced · 100.4 mi
U.S. News #69
Peer median 4.0 · all 406 private master's colleges and universities in the U.S.
Incidents, 2018–2020
From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.
Notable Alumni
All 62Notable alumni of Mills College include Olivia de Havilland (Actress with 49 feature films), Sofia Coppola (Filmmaker and Academy Award winner) and Dave Brubeck (Jazz pianist and composer).
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Olivia de Havilland 1916–2020
Actress with 49 feature films
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Sofia Coppola 1971–
Filmmaker and Academy Award winner
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Dave Brubeck 1920–2012
Jazz pianist and composer
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Laurie Anderson 1947–
Avant-garde artist and musician
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Steve Reich 1936–
Composer, pioneer of minimal music
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Joanna Newsom 1982–
Singer-songwriter and harpist
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Barbara Lee 1946–
Mayor of Oakland and former U.S. representative
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Daniella Pineda 1987–
Actress in two Jurassic Park franchise films
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Dixy Lee Ray 1914–1994
17th governor of Washington and marine biologist
Recent News at Mills College
Summarized daily from the school's official news. Click "Source" for the original story.
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More than 750 new students moved into housing on Northeastern University's Oakland campus over the weekend, including around 250 on Saturday and 500 on Sunday.
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Northeastern University awarded Oakland Opportunity Scholarships to ten local high school students, fully covering tuition, housing, and food, with recipients spending their freshman year on the university's Oakland campus.
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Northeastern University Oakland held its 2025 commencement ceremony on Holmgren Meadow, celebrating 23 undergraduate and 34 graduate students with nearly 400 attendees.
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Northeastern University's Oakland campus hosted a clinic pairing computer science students trained in AI tools and prompt engineering with local small business owners to help boost their business operations.
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Northeastern University Oakland associate clinical professor Maria Catrina Jaime highlighted her community-based participatory research, including evaluating domestic violence prevention programs and using concept mapping to assess trauma-healing circles.
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Northeastern University hosted its second annual Farm Fest at the 2.5-acre Community Farm on its Oakland campus, featuring farm-grown produce, food tastings, and activities like making kimchi or sauerkraut.
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On November 13, 2024, Northeastern's Oakland campus hosted rescue huskies from NorSled during Homecoming's 'Husky Day,' allowing students to relax and de-stress after midterms.
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Northeastern University expanded its Institute for NanoSystems Innovation to the Oakland campus, featuring a new advanced technologies lab to design, test, and validate silicon chips for semiconductors and other technologies.
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The Mills College Art Museum at Northeastern's Oakland campus hosted 'Reshaping the Narrative: California Perspectives', an exhibition featuring over 50 sculptures, paintings, drawings, and photographs exploring California's diverse histories.
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Northeastern University held its 2024 Oakland convocation on Holmgren Meadow on its Oakland campus to help kick off the 2024-25 academic year.
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Northeastern University launched the Oakland Opportunity Scholarship program, offering full four-year scholarships to eligible Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Pell Grant-eligible students; 15 were offered scholarships, with 7 accepting so far.
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Northeastern University detailed fall 2024 move-in for its Oakland campus, welcoming about 450 first-year students on August 29, followed by orientation, convocation, Welcome Days, and two additional weeks of campus activities.
Source: news.northeastern.edu
No updates on this topic in this month.
References and Data Sources
Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.