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Overview
A private university in Boston's Fenway neighborhood whose undergraduate program is built specifically for women, with a long history of preparing women for professional leadership roles. Graduate programs are coeducational.
Academics
Nursing and health sciences are the strongest undergraduate draw, with Boston's dense hospital and medical-research cluster feeding clinical placements directly. Social work and library and information science carry particularly strong reputations at the graduate level, giving undergraduates in related fields a clear path into Simmons's own graduate programs. Classes stay small.
Campus & student life
The Fenway location puts Simmons inside Boston's Longwood Medical Area, an unusually direct pipeline for health-sciences students, and the broader Fenway neighborhood is dense with other colleges, offering cross-registration and social opportunities beyond Simmons's own campus.
Getting in
Holistic, with attention to leadership potential and fit with a women-centered undergraduate mission specifically.
Worth knowing
The undergraduate college is women-only, a defining feature rather than a historical footnote — worth being clear on, even though graduate programs are open to all genders.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
simmons.edu ↗High school coursework
Recommended4 years of English · 4 years of Mathematics (at least one year beyond Algebra 2) · 3 years of Social Science · 3 years of Foreign Language · 3 years of Science (4 years recommended for nursing, nutrition, and physical therapy applicants)
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