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MA in Composition

2 Years On Campus Masters Program

Mills College

Program Overview

The master of arts program in composition at Mills has trained generations of composers from all over the world in the American experimentalist tradition. Composition students at Mills learn in a free-thinking environment that encourages creative work in a wide variety of styles. In addition to taking courses in orchestration, tonal and post-tonal analysis, and contemporary music criticism, they are encouraged to cross disciplinary boundaries and to pursue studies in special areas of interest that may include improvisation, indeterminacy, and environmental sound composition, as well as composing for dance and film

Program Key Stats

$1337 (Per Credit Hour)



86.7 %

Eligibility Criteria


6.5

Additional Information & Requirements

Transcripts from the previously attended schools, Bachelors degree in a relevant subject, English language profeciency test scores (minimum score of 80 for TOEFL and 6.5 for IELTS), 2 letters of recommendations, Statement of purpose, Portfolio

Career Options

  • Music Producer
  • Recording Engineer
  • Artist Manager
  • Tour Manager

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