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Mission Mills is an independent liberal arts college for women with graduate programs for women and men. The College educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept the challenges of their creative visions, and to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to effect thoughtful changes in a global, multicultural society.

History1852 Founded in Benicia, California

1871 Established in Oakland, California

1885 Chartered as the first women’s college in the West

1920 Graduate programs first offered to women and men

1990 Affirmed commitment to remain an undergraduate college for women

2011 Inaugurated the 13th president, Alecia A. DeCoudreaux

campus135 wooded acres located in the rolling foothills of Oakland, California, on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay.

governanceThe Board of Trustees governs Mills as an independent college.

Facultytotal Faculty 211

102 full-time• Female faculty 72% • Faculty of color 30% • Terminal degree 91%

109 part-time• Female faculty 65% • Faculty of color 23% • Terminal degree 67%

Student-faculty ratio 10:1

class sizeAverage class size 16 Classes≤20 students 76%

alumnae Mills alumnae 22,433 Countries represented 60 Contact alumnae-relations@mills.edu

undergraduate MajorsTop 5 of 41 undergraduate majors:

• English • Psychology • Political, Legal, and Economic Analysis (PLEA) • Biology • Studio Art

graduate ProgramsTop 5 graduate programs:

• Education• MBA• Pre-Med• Educational Leadership• English, Creative Writing

college RankingsRanked fifth among colleges and universities in the West by U.S. News & World Report.Named one of the Best 377 Colleges and one of the top 322 Green Colleges by The Princeton Review.Ranked among the top colleges and universities in the West by U.S. News & World Report in “Great Schools, Great Prices” for high academic quality relative to net cost of attendance.Ranked among the top 10 master’s universities in the nation by Washington Monthly.

enrollmenttotal students 1,546 States represented 42 Countries represented 14

undeRgRaduate students 949New students • First-year 187 • Transfer 124 • Nursing 28 Continuing 594 Visiting 16 Full-time 94% Living on campus 58% Resumers* 17% Students of color† 52% California residents 81% International 1%

enteRing FiRst-yeaR student PRoFileAverage high school GPA 3.59 SAT range‡ 1600–1900 ACT range‡ 23–27

gRaduate students 597Entering 305 Continuing 291 Auditing 1 Women 82% Men 18% Full-time 82% Living on campus 13% Students of color† 43% California residents 80% International 2%

*Students 23 years of age or older †Percent includes multiracial students. ‡Middle 50%

undergraduate tuition and FeesFull-time tuition $38,850 Student activity fee $150 AC Transit Fee $100 Campus Comprehensive Fee $980 Student Health Plan $3,000 Room and board $12,340

undergraduate Financial aidPercent of undergraduate students receiving financial aid 95%

Percent receiving some portion of their aid directly from Mills 93%

Average award $36,437

Total aid $32.4 million(of which Mills funded $17 million)

graduate tuition and FeesFull-time tuition (see exceptions*) $28,850(2 or more credits/semester)AC Transit Fee $100 Campus Comprehensive Fee $980 Student Health Plan $3,000 Room and board $12,222

*full-time studio art: $34,650*full-time doctorate in education: $31,000 *full-time MBA, joint MBA/MA: $29,000 *full-time post-bac pre-med: $27,500 *part-time MBA, joint MBA/MA: $16,000

graduate Financial aidPercent of graduate students receiving financial aid 89%

Percent receiving some portion of their aid directly from Mills 86%

Total aid $16.1 million(of which Mills funded $5 million)

FinanceAnnual budget $81.3 millionEndowment value as of 6.30.12 $165.8 million

giving to Mills 2011–12 $11.9 million

Trustee gifts $ 1.9 millionAlumnae gifts $ 2.3 millionGifts from parents, friends, others $ 1.4 millionFoundation and corporate gifts $ 2.5 millionEstate gifts $ 3.8 million

Mills College Annual Fund gifts $ 2.1 million(includes gifts from several categories above)

notable graduatesElanaMetz’03andLacyAsbill’02� Co-founders of Girls Moving Forward, an organization that mentors and tutors girls from at-risk communities

RebecaMauleón’89,MA’97� Grammy-nominated producer, Latin jazz pianist, composer, and educator

RenelBrooks–Moon’81� First African American woman announcer for a professional sports team; voice of the San Francisco Giants

BarbaraLee’7�3 Advocate for peace and US Congresswoman representing California’s 9th District since 1998

SusanPerrine’7�0 Developer of the treatment for sickle cell disease

StephanieMills’69 Ecological activist and respected author

ThorayaAhmedObaid’66 First Saudi Arabian woman to head a United Nations agency

StevenReich,MA’63 Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning composer

JenniferLoschBartlett’63 Internationally renowned painter of abstract and representational art

TrishaBrown’58 Internationally acclaimed dancer; one of the first woman choreographers to receive a MacArthur Genius Award

DeniseMcCluggage’47� One of the first US woman race car drivers; first journalist inducted in the Automotive Hall of Fame

MarchFongEu’47� First woman to serve as California’s Secretary of State; former US ambassador to Micronesia

BeateSirotaGordon’43 Writer of the section of the Constitution of Japan that guarantees full and equal rights to women (1945)

contact Mills5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA 94613 www.mills.edu

510.430.2255 (Main Switchboard)

510.430.2097 (Institutional Advancement)

800.87.MILLS (Undergraduate Admission)

510.430.3309 (Graduate Admission)

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“the combination of student diversity and educational opportunity [at Mills] helps guarantee that no one will graduate without having her horizons well expanded.” Fiske guide to colleges 2013