Students

Focused, Empowered, and Compassionate

Simmons students are intellectually motivated and open-minded. They are serious about their academic and career goals. And they are determined to make their mark in the world.

Student Facts 

  • Steadily rising undergraduate and graduate enrollment for five consecutive years
  • More than 1,800 undergraduate women
  • More than 2,700 graduate women and men
  • Class of 2008 SAT scores are the highest in 30 years.
  • Graduate students achieve some of the highest pass rates on professional licensure exams.
  • Student Advisors for Multiculturalism provides opportunities for student-to-student mentoring on issues of multiculturalism.
  • Approximately 700 students participate in local and international service learning projects each year.
  • Success Connection program matches undergrads with powerful alumnae mentors.

Student Services

  • Comprehensive services for undergraduate and graduate students in counseling, health services, health education, and academic support (including a learning disabilities specialist, an ESL specialist, and a comprehensive Career Resource Center)
  • State-of-the-art sports center with regulationsize gym, eight-lane pool, dance studio, squash and racquetball courts, running track, and several exercise areas
  • More than 50 recognized student clubs and organizations, funded and supported by undergraduate Student Government Association activity fee
  • Eight NCAA Division III athletic teams

Simmons attracts students who are extremely motivated, looking for empower-ment, willing to work hard, and wanting to know how to become successful in their work and lives. –GINA PATTERSON '06 PSYCHOLOGY +WOMEN’S STUDIES MAJOR