by our College Data Analytics TeamIs Simmons really diverse? College Factual’s diversity report shows the data about diversity at Simmons. We examined racial demographics, gender ratios, student age ranges, and where students come from.
What does diversity really mean at the college level? College Factual ran the numbers to find out how diverse the standard college campus really is, including race, gender, the ages of the students, and where they’re from.
Simmons total enrollment is approximately 2,977 students. 1,592 are undergraduates and 1,385 are graduate students.
Male/Female Breakdown of Undergraduates
The full-time Simmons undergraduate population is made up of .
For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.
Simmons Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates
| Race/Ethnicity | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White | 802 | 50.4% |
| Hispanic | 255 | 16.0% |
| Asian | 186 | 11.7% |
| Black or African American | 153 | 9.6% |
| International | 79 | 5.0% |
| Unknown | 61 | 3.8% |
| Multi-Ethnic | 56 | 3.5% |
See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.
Male/Female Breakdown of Graduate Students
About 86.4% of full-time grad students are women, and 13.6% men.
For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.
Simmons Racial-Ethnic Breakdown of Graduate Students
| Race/Ethnicity | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White | 731 | 52.9% |
| Unknown | 347 | 25.1% |
| Black or African American | 98 | 7.1% |
| Hispanic | 97 | 7.0% |
| Asian | 51 | 3.7% |
| Multi-Ethnic | 43 | 3.1% |
| International | 14 | 1.0% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.1% |
See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,533 | 51.5% |
| Unknown | 408 | 13.7% |
| Hispanic | 352 | 11.8% |
| Black or African American | 251 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 237 | 8.0% |
| Multi-Ethnic | 99 | 3.3% |
| International | 93 | 3.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.0% |
Simmons University faculty racial/ethnic demographics (share of instructional staff):
| Ethnicity | Percent of Faculty |
|---|---|
| White | 67.0% |
| Black or African American | 11.5% |
| Asian | 9.0% |
| Hispanic | 6.5% |
| International | 2.5% |
| Multi-Ethnic | 2.0% |
| Unknown | 1.5% |
This school is more popular with women than with men.
There are approximately 2,788 female students and 189 male students at Simmons.
Simmons University faculty gender breakdown (share of instructional staff):
Among first-time degree-seeking undergraduates, 50.7% of Simmons students come from within the state, and 49.3% come from out of state.
The undergraduate student body is split among 29 states (may include Washington D.C.). Click on the map for more detail.
| State | Amount | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 217 | 62.0% |
| Maine | 19 | 5.4% |
| New Hampshire | 18 | 5.1% |
| Connecticut | 14 | 4.0% |
| New York | 10 | 2.9% |
Simmons enrolls about 3.1% international (nonresident) students, adding to the global diversity of the campus.
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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