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Simmons College has been named a "Best College" in its category in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report rankings of "America's Best Colleges." Simmons also is named in the 2008 Princeton Review "Best 366 Colleges," an honor held by only 15 percent of the four-year colleges in America.

2007 Accepted Student Profile

  • GPA average: B to B+ (3.25)
  • SAT average: 1682
  • ALANA Students: 30%
  • Class Rank: 78% in top 3rd of their graduating class
  • Number of applicants: 2937
  • Percent Accepted: 57%

Curriculum

  • Liberal arts & sciences, professional courses, career preparation
  • More than 40 majors offered, with minors in most departments and programs
  • Four distinguished graduate professional schools in health studies, library and information science, management, and social work, plus nine leading master's-level programs
  • Several undergraduate-to-graduate programs offering seamless routes to a master's degree
  • Independent learning graduation requirement, usually completed through an internship, research project or independent study

Faculty

  • Student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1
  • 191 full-time undergraduate professors, two-thirds of whom are female
  • 95% of liberal arts faculty have doctorates in their field

Most Popular Majors (at time of application)

  1. Nursing
  2. Undecided
  3. Physical Therapy
  4. Education, Elementary Education, Special Education
  5. Psychology
  6. Communications, Public Relations / Marketing Communications, Graphic Design
  7. Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Psychobiology
  8. Pre-Medicine
  9. Management, Marketing, Finance
  10. Political Science & International Relations
  11. English
  12. Chemistry, Chemistry Management, Pharmacy
  13. Art & Music
  14. Nutrition

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