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Graduate Programs and Certificates

Whether you're coming straight from undergraduate study or making a change mid-career, our programs will help you make your next move.

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Why Simmons

We pledge to help you achieve a successful career, a meaningful life and a powerful return on your educational investment.

Why Simmons

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4,858

graduate students

Simmons prepares graduate students for leadership in their fields, their communities, and their lives.

#4 Best Value

U.S.News & World Report ranked Simmons #4 for Best Value in the Regional Universities North category.

1st

in gender leadership

The Eos Foundation's Women's Power Gap Report ranked Simmons #1 in gender leadership for universities.

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Faculty and Research

You’ll study with faculty who are thought-leaders and award winners, researchers and professionals in their fields.

Recent News

Kyle T. Ganson ’20PhD

Kyle T. Ganson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. As part of his studies at Simmons, he created the course “Social Work Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders,” to be taught in Spring 2024. We spoke to Ganson about his doctoral experience at Simmons and the inspiration behind the course.

Sage Loyema Innerarity ’25MS

This fall, Sage Loyema Innerarity, a citizen of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California, began graduate studies at the Simmons School of Library and Information Science. Working in cooperation with Indigenous individuals, she builds and preserves tribal archives. Innerarity spoke with us about the importance of community, Native literature, and remembrance.

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In a letter to the community, President Lynn Perry Wooten reminds us of our responsibility to unequivocally condemn hate and violence, to ensure our community feels safe and respected, and to use our learning and leadership to build new pathways that further understanding.

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