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.
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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.
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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
"Race and Disability in Media Coverage of the Police Homicide of Eric Garner," co-authored by Professor Lydia Ogden, asks clinical social workers to turn a critical eye toward media accounts of police violence, racism, and ableism in order to better treat their clients.
Professor Špela Trefalt tells us about her upcoming “Coach Approach to Leadership” course and what we can learn by researching the struggles and successes of working women.
Professor Ingols published the fourth edition of her book, "Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit," which guides students through organizational change and encourages readers to lead as change agents.
Simmons SLIS faculty and students work with academic and research libraries to develop the Research Data Management Librarian Academy learning program.
Professor Michelle Putnam, Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, discusses a significant oversight in the field of social work: our aging population.
Assistant Professor Colin Rhinesmith and School of Library Science students, Jo Dutilloy '20MS and Susan Kennedy '20MS presented their research at the 17th Community Informatics Research Network Conference in Prato, Italy.
Jennifer Putney '12PhD, Sara Keary, PhD, Nicholas Hebert ’16MSW, Lisa Krinsky '94MSW, and Rebekah Halmo ’17MSW received the Rose Dobrof Award for their paper entitled, “Fear Runs Deep: The Anticipated Needs of LGBT Older Adults in Long-Term Care.”
Professor and Dean Emerita Michele Cloonan’s book, The Monumental Challenge of Preservation: The Past in a Volatile World, received the University of Mary Washington Historic Preservation Book Prize for 2019.
