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.
Experience Boston
Simmons draws on Boston's cultural, historical, economic, scientific, and educational resources to offer an unparalleled student experience.
Schools and Departments
Our schools and departments offer specialized resources to support and challenge you.
Simmons at a Glance
4,858
graduate students
Our community is made up of a diverse group of graduate men and women.
8:1
student to faculty ratio
Simmons faculty members are leaders in their fields and mentors in the classroom.
231
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
Boston Globe Interviews Professor on Threats to Archives
Katherine Wisser, Associate Professor and Master's Program Director, Director Archives Concentration, and Director of Archives Certificate Program in the Simmons School of Library and Information Science was interviewed by The Boston Globe for, “An archivist’s job is to ‘keep the receipts.’ What happens when they can’t do their job?”
SLIS Lecturer Researches Women Who Collected Medieval Art
In a talk she delivered at the 2024 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, School of Library and Information Science faculty member Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis discussed the history of women creating, reading, and owning medieval European manuscripts. To honor Women’s History Month 2025, we spoke with her about this research and its connection to her Simmons courses.
Artist-Scholar Integrates Politics, Poetry, and Race
Assistant Professor of Humanities Patrick Sylvain is a literary scholar and poet whose intellectual curiosity knows no bounds. His work explores the issues of nationhood, leadership, race, and (de)colonization. In conjunction with Black History Month 2025, we spoke with him about Haitian politics, poetry, and zombies.
SLIS Professor Explains the Technological Shift to AI
Simmons School of Library and Information Science is leading efforts to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy into the curriculum. Assistant Professor Don Simmons offered a virtual webinar covering the basics of AI and how it is shaping how we work and learn.
Associate Professor’s Research Links Drinking and Depression
School of Social Work Associate Professor Christina Sellers was quoted in an article, "Retirement and drinking don't mix."
Professor of Nutrition Weighs in on Ultra-Processed Foods
Professor Teresa Fung was quoted in two recent articles fact-checking claims on the harm of consuming vegetables and how to assess the safety of ultra-processed foods.
Two Simmons Faculty Members Receive North Star Fellowships
Samuel Odom from the School of Social Work and Don Simmons from the School of Library and Information Science, have been named fellows by the North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship, which is designed to promote supportive community and racial healing for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) faculty members across New England.
Simmons School of Social Work Welcomes New Faculty
Simmons University’s School of Social Work Programs welcomed four new faculty members this academic year, with expertise in addiction treatment, hospice and bereavement support, racism-based trauma, and military social work.