Why Simmons
We pledge to help you achieve a successful career, a meaningful life, and a powerful return on your educational investment.
The Simmons advantage
The Simmons advantage is more than an exceptional education — it’s an experience that will prepare you for your life’s work.
Our innovative graduate programs allow you to customize your courses of study. You’ll learn through small classes, case-based discussions, experiential learning, research opportunities and seminars. Our professors are thought-leaders and award winners, researchers and professionals in the field. Accessible and dedicated, they’ll go the extra mile to help you succeed.
Our location in the heart of Boston offers all the benefits of a small college campus with the unparalleled opportunities of a large university. You’ll have direct access to career, research, and clinical opportunities at world-renowned institutions. Plus, our worldwide alumnae/i network is committed to empowering Simmons University graduates because they know what Simmons students are capable of.
Professional Opportunity
Our graduate programs respond to the needs of an ever-changing world and prepare you for leadership in your field.
Professional Opportunity
Experience Boston
Simmons draws on Boston's cultural, historical, economic, scientific, and educational resources to offer an unparalleled student experience.
Experience Boston
Colleges, Schools and Departments
Our colleges, schools and departments offer specialized resources to support and challenge you.
Colleges, Schools and DepartmentsSimmons at a Glance
graduate students
Our community is made up of a diverse group of graduate men and women.
student to faculty ratio
Simmons faculty members are leaders in their fields and mentors in the classroom.
full-time faculty
Simmons faculty members are leaders in their fields and mentors in the classroom.
At a glance
Graduate and certificate programs
Whether you're coming straight from undergraduate study — or making a change mid-career — our programs will prepare you for your next move.
Financial aid & tuition
At Simmons, we work to support students pursuing an education through financing, financial education, and exceptional customer service.
Student support & resources
You'll find everything you need on campus — from medical resources to keep you healthy to technical support to keep your computer running.
Visit us
Come and see what the classroom experience is like and get to know our dynamic faculty members.
Our faculty
You’ll study with faculty who are thought-leaders and award winners, researchers and professionals in their fields.
Community engagement
We facilitate and promote community-based learning and develop strategic partnerships to advance learning, promote civic engagement, and enhance community involvement in order to create a more just society.
Commitment to inclusivity
We are committed to holding true to our founding principle of inclusion — embracing students from all backgrounds and all forms of human uniqueness to create an environment of true religious, cultural, racial, sexual orientation, gender expression and ability diversity.
Faculty & Research
Simmons University faculty member, Dr. Cherie Lynn Ramirez, is the senior author of a paper published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal outlining the urgent need for universal, frequent rapid COVID-19 testing to promote greater equity.
Meet Dawna Thomas, Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department! Find out why she dedicates her research to her Cape Verdean and African American cultural roots, and learn more about the new Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Cultural Studies.
Meet Aaron Rosenthal, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations! Find out which political science course he enjoys teaching most, and why he believes Simmons students are so unique.
Meet Beatriz Cobeta, the new assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures! Learn more about her passion for literature and her family's favorite place to travel.
Meet Renada Goldberg, the new assistant professor in the School of Social Work! Learn more about her career as a community-practice social worker, and what show she'll watch on repeat.
We caught up with University Archivist and Deputy Library Director, Jason Wood. Learn more about his journey to becoming an archivist and what furry friend you'll find in his home office.
Edie Bresler, Professor of Practice and Photo Lab Coordinator, tells us how she went from a biology/chemistry major to an art professor, and her latest photography projects.
Professor Elizabeth Scott has spent much of her professional career studying bacteria and pathogens. We caught up with her to learn more about her expertise and why she wasn't surprised by COVID-19.