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Simmons University
Boston, MA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,670 students · mostly bachelor degrees
64th-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$25,265
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$63,460
Graduation rate
72%
Admission rate
70%
Median graduate earnings
$63,494
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$24,840
Average SAT
1316
Median ACT
29
Pell grant recipients
33%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
104 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree391 grads/yr$123,629Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$116,116Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree$102,226Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$83,921Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree126 grads/yr$79,951Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$76,569Foodservice Systems Administration/Management · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$74,038Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$71,138Social Work · Master's Degree564 grads/yr$69,292Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$69,110Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree8 grads/yr$68,251Nutrition Sciences · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$68,021Public/Applied History · Master's Degree8 grads/yr$66,986Environmental Health · Bachelor's Degree8 grads/yr$64,514Social Work · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$62,992Education, General · Master's Degree1 grads/yr$62,689Library and Information Science · Master's Degree264 grads/yr$58,512Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$55,069General Literature · Master's Degree7 grads/yr$53,492Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$51,474
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.