The Simmons GSLIS student body is nearly 800 strong (master's and doctoral included) in any given semester -- 34% are career changers and 11% hold advanced degrees in other fields. Our student body represents a wide range of nationalities, ethnicities, languages, and ages. In fact, GSLIS has the largest international student population of all the Simmons graduate schools with 13 countries represented during the 2009-2010 academic year.