Learn why students love it here

Located in the heart of Boston, Simmons University is a private university, home to a respected women’s undergraduate program, as well as coeducational graduate programs in nursing and health sciences, liberal arts, business, communications, social work, public health, and library and information science.

Simmons has established a model of higher education that only today other colleges and universities are beginning to adapt: the combination of education for leadership in high-demand professional fields with the intellectual foundation of the liberal arts. The result is a Simmons graduate prepared not only to work, but to lead in professional, civic, and personal life — a vision of empowerment that Simmons calls preparation for life’s work.

The Simmons story is one of growth, innovation, and a solid foundation — fueled by on-the-ground and online enrollment, and investments in its campus and technology.

Simmons at a glance

• Simmons is a four-year, private, non-profit, non-sectarian university
• Simmons is home to 1,777 undergraduate students and 4,858 graduate students
• 8:1 student to faculty ratio
• Simmons offers over 60 majors and programs
• Our students can participate in over 80 clubs and organizations
• We have 231 full-time faculty, 72% are women
• Our average undergraduate class size is 15
• 91% of Simmons undergraduates are employed or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation (numbers as of 2018)
• 30% of undergraduate students self-identify as ALANA
• 11 countries and 47 states are represented in our undergraduate class

*Numbers as of fall 2019 unless otherwise noted

See our Common Data Set for more information about Simmons University.