Simmons College is a nationally distinguished, private, non-sectarian undergraduate women's college with a comprehensive liberal arts and professional curriculum.

Simmons College is a small university in the heart of Boston, an undergraduate women's college that provides exceptional liberal arts education integrated with career preparation, along with coed graduate programs in health studies, education, communications management, social work, library and information science, and liberal arts.

What's great about Simmons? A collaborative community that inspires personal and professional growth. Distinguished professors who know your name and care about your success. The way Boston's rich intellectual, cultural, and professional resources complement the curriculum — and social life.

Decades before women in America gained the right to vote, Boston businessman John Simmons had a revolutionary idea - that women should be able to earn independent livelihoods and lead meaningful lives. It was this same spirit of inclusion and empowerment that produced the first African-American Simmons graduate in 1914, and created one of the only private colleges that did not impose admission quotas on Jewish students during the first half of the 1900s.

Since 1899, Simmons has offered a pioneering liberal arts education for undergraduate women integrated with professional work experience. Today, Simmons encompasses the benefits of a small university, offering renowned coeducational graduate programs in health studies, education, liberal arts, communications management, social work, and library and information science- and an MBA program designed specifically for women.

Simmons values the many dimensions of identity - including race, class, ethnicity, and sexual identity - and reflects that in curriculum, affiliated organizations, and community partnerships. The university consistently ranks among the nation's top schools in the U.S. News & World Report annual survey.

That's no surprise- Simmons educates those who share a passion for learning, a commitment to community, and the determination to make a difference.