Mills College
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| Motto | Una destinatio, viae diversae. (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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One destination, many paths. |
| Type |
Private liberal arts college Women's college (undergraduate) |
| Established | 1852 |
| Endowment | $189.3 million (2014) |
| President | Elizabeth L. Hillman (past presidents) |
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Academic staff
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202 |
| Students | 1,405 |
| Undergraduates | 867 |
| Postgraduates | 538 |
| Location |
Oakland, California, United States 37°46′50″N 122°10′59″W / 37.78056°N 122.18306°WCoordinates: 37°46′50″N 122°10′59″W / 37.78056°N 122.18306°W |
| Campus | Urban, 135 acres |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – GSAC |
| Mascot | Cyclones |
| Affiliations |
CLAC Oberlin Group CIC |
| Website | www.mills.edu |
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Mills Hall
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| Coordinates | 37°46′47″N 122°10′56″W / 37.7797°N 122.1822°W |
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| Built | 1871 |
| Architect | S.C. Bugbee & Son |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000132 |
| CHISL # | 849 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1971 |
| Designated CHISL | 1971 |
Mills College is a liberal arts and sciences college located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mills was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California. The school was relocated to Oakland, California, in 1871, and became the first women's college west of the Rockies. Currently, Mills is an undergraduate women's college with graduate programs for women and men. The college offers more than 60 undergraduate majors and minors and over 25 graduate degrees, certificates, and credentials. The college is also home to the Mills College School of Education and the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business & Public Policy.
In 2015, U.S. News & World Report ranked Mills sixth overall among colleges and universities in the Western U.S. (regional universities) and one of the top colleges and universities in the Western U.S. in "Great Schools, Great Prices," which evaluated the quality of institutions' academics against the cost of attendance.The Princeton Review ranks Mills as one of the Best 380 Colleges and one of the top "green" colleges in the U.S.Washington Monthly ranks Mills as one of the top 10 master's universities in the U.S.
Mills College was initially founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in the city of Benicia in 1852 under the leadership of Mary Atkins, a graduate of Oberlin College. In 1865, Susan Tolman Mills, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary), and her husband, Cyrus Mills, bought the Young Ladies Seminary renaming it Mills Seminary. In 1871, the school was moved to Oakland, California, and the school was incorporated in 1877. The school became Mills College in 1885. In 1890, after serving for decades as principal (under two presidents as well), Susan Mills became the president of the college and held the position for 19 years. Beginning in 1906 the seminary classes were progressively eliminated. In 1921, Mills granted its first master's degrees.
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