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 469 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is library & information science.
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Simmons landed the #90 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. 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 #185 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Massachusetts, Simmons is ranked at #13.
Simmons University has an acceptance rate of 84%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 15% 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 600 and 700. Math scores were between 540 and 660.
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 9 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 27%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Simmons University has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Simmons for first-time, full-time students is 72%, which is better than 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,080 | $23,753 | $26,374 | $28,485 | $30,584 |
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 66% of students took out student loans averaging $5,809 a year. That adds up to $23,236 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Simmons is 1.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Simmons University.
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/ |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/simmonscollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 161 | $69,272 |
| Health & Physical Education | 24 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 23 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 22 | $36,898 |
| Social Work | 20 | NA |
| General Psychology | 19 | NA |
| Public Health | 17 | $45,844 |
| Cognitive Science | 16 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 15 | $34,293 |
| Nutrition Science | 12 | 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 2020-2021, 3,524 students took at least one online class at Simmons University. This is a decrease from the 6,263 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,524 | 2,739 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,263 | 6,132 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,591 | 3,008 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,139 | 2,567 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,484 | 2,571 |
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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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