by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Simmons University was awarded 29 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Simmons is ranked #68 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Simmons held the #90 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Simmons is also ranked #11 out of 63 schools in Massachusetts.
The acceptance rate at Simmons University is 76%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Simmons is a good fit for you.
About 17% of students accepted to Simmons submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 700. Math scores were between 590 and 690.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Simmons it is much better at 7 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Simmons University is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 81% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Simmons University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Simmons the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 76%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Simmons University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,736 undergraduates at Simmons with 1,609 being full-time and 127 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,883 | $14,076 | $16,869 | $23,274 | $32,807 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Simmons, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Simmons, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $8,393 a year. That adds up to $33,572 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Simmons are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115-5898 |
| Phone: | 617-521-2000 |
| Website: | www.simmons.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 613 | $85,096 |
| Social Work | 526 | $34,496 |
| Library & Information Science | 288 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 61 | NA |
| Special Education | 50 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 43 | NA |
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 41 | NA |
| Public Health | 27 | $45,331 |
| Biopsychology | 27 | NA |
| General Psychology | 26 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 3,884 students took at least one online class at Simmons University. This is an increase from the 3,524 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,884 | 2,864 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,524 | 2,739 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,263 | 6,132 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,139 | 2,567 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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