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)
- Nursing
- Undecided
- Physical Therapy
- Education, Elementary Education, Special Education
- Psychology
- Communications, Public Relations / Marketing Communications, Graphic Design
- Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Psychobiology
- Pre-Medicine
- Management, Marketing, Finance
- Political Science & International Relations
- English
- Chemistry, Chemistry Management, Pharmacy
- Art & Music
- Nutrition
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