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Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

https://www.simmons.edu

#333 National Colleges

73.13% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

1,735 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Doctoral/Professional Universities
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, medium, highly residential
  • Women-Only College
Simmons University (Simmons College until 2018) is a private women-focused undergraduate university and co-educational graduate school in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1899 by clothing manufacturer John Simmons. In 2018, it reorganized its structure and changed its name to a university.

Simmons is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. Admission is considered moderately difficult; as of 2020, 83 percent of applicants were accepted.

The university is divided into two campuses in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood totaling 12 acres (4.9 ha), one of which has five academic buildings and other of which has nine Georgian-style residential buildings.

The university enrolls approximately 1,736 undergraduates and 4,527 graduate students. Its athletics teams compete in NCAA Division II as the Sharks.

"Simmons University." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmons_University.
Location

City
Boston, Massachusetts

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Locale
City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)

Region
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Health Professions And Related Programs 39.0%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 8.2%
Social Sciences 7.0%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 6.4%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 5.9%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 5.8%
Psychology 5.8%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 4.7%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 4.3%
English Language And Literature/Letters 2.9%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 2.7%
Visual And Performing Arts 2.1%
History 1.4%
Physical Sciences 0.8%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.8%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.6%
Natural Resources And Conservation 0.6%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.4%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.4%
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences 0.2%

Cost

Tuition
$42,070.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
63.96%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$30,008.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1206 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 630 585 540
Verbal 660 615 570

ACT Scores

26 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 27 24 21
English 31 27 23