| Location: | Northeast |
| Setting: | Large City Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Sharks |
Simmons College is a liberal arts women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Simmons was founded by John Simmons in 1899 to educate women in useful professions, so they could have an independent livelihood. Simmons is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium which also includes Emmanuel College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Wheelock College, and Massachusetts College of Art.
Its undergraduate program is single-sex, with 1800 students enrolled in the 2004-2005 academic year. Male relatives of staff members may attend the undergraduate college up to a certain credit limit, although they cannot receive Simmons diplomas.
The graduate schools (Library and Information Science, Social Work, Health Studies, Management, and an Arts and Sciences program which provide degrees in Education, Communications, Gender and Cultural Studies and Liberal Arts) are mostly co-ed. The exception to the coed graduate programs is the School of Management, which provides the world's only MBA designed for women.
Simmons alumnae include Nnenna Freelon, Gwen Ifill, Denise DiNovi, Elinor Lipman, Ann Fudge, Rebecca Miller Sykes, Lonnie Barbach, Sage Vivant, Audra Mika, Bertha Reynolds and Suzyn Waldman.
Simmons faculty include Nancy Bond, winner of a Newbery Honor, who taught at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979 to 2001.
In 2006, the college's Board of Trustees elected Dr. Susan C. Scrimshaw to be the college's next president, following an 11-month search. Scrimshaw officially took office on July 1, 2006. In a campus-wide email on April 24, 2008, she announced "I have the chance to take the first real sabbatical of my decades-long career and pursue some significant opportunities to engage in work that promotes public health on the international level and to undertake a specific consulting assignment. Therefore, I will be stepping down as your President at the end of this academic year."
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| Percent of Students International: | 1% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 36% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 24,880 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 24,680 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 760 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 4,366 | 27% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 1,376 | 19% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 10,630 | 93% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,690 | 89% | |
Any Aid: |
93% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 67% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 94% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 510, Math: 500 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 610, Math: 590 |
| Application Fee: | $ 35.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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Final College Decision?
I recently was accepted to my two top choice schools, Simmons College and Suffolk University. Both are in Boston, the former is an all girls school. I'm going for Pre-med/Biology. My family is lower-middle class and has nothing saved up. I was offered a 5,000 scholarship for merit at Simmons (it costs 37,000 a year) and a 7,000 at Suffolk (35k) Simmons offers, on average, almost double the financial aid Suffolk does to incoming undergrads. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with either school, and could anyone give me advice on making my choice. Thank you!
I live in Rhode Island, I fell in love with Boston, but I don't have the best grades, so I applied to Suffolk and Simmons.
20 months ago
Best Answer
My friend currently goes to Simmons... and as far as I heard, last year they were VERY staunchy on the financial aid. Perhaps it might be different this year, I'm not sure. I always preferred Suffolk over Simmons anyway.
By the way, are you from Boston? I live in Boston as well...
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I live in New England, and I have heard people say that Simmons is very good. I haven't heard anything negative. Some people say that it is less expensive than many other private New England colleges.
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