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Simmons College
Title: Simmons College, Format: photograph, Source: gelatin silver print, Date: June 1920, Photographer: Abdalian, Leon H.

Photo by BPL. Used under Creative Commons

General Information

Address:

Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115

Control:

Private

Academic Calendar:

Semester

Religious Affiliation:

None

Founded:

1899

Web Site:

www.simmons.edu

Main Phone:

(617) 521-2000

Student Body

Full-Time Undergraduates:

1,688

Part-Time Undergraduates:

277

Total male Undergraduates:

27

Total Female Undergraduates:

1,938

Admissions

Overall Acceptance Rate:

64%

Early Decision Acceptance Rate:

Not offered

Early Action Acceptance Rate:

64%

Regular Acceptance Rate:

64%

Total Applicants:

2,303

Total Acceptances:

1,469

Freshman enrollment:

413

Yield (% of admitted students who actually enroll):

28%

Early Action Deadline:

December 1

Early Action notification:

Mid-January

Regular Decision Deadline:

February 1

Regular Decision Notification:

Mid-April

Must-Reply-By Date:

May 1, or within two weeks if notified thereafter

Applicants Placed on Waiting list:

17

Applicants Accepting a Place on Waiting list:

13

Students enrolled from Waiting list:

1

Transfer Applications Received:

238

Transfer Applications Accepted:

131

Transfer Students enrolled:

75

Transfer Application Acceptance Rate:

55%

SAT I or ACT Required?

Either

SAT I Range (25th–75th Percentile):

1010–1200

SAT I Verbal Range (25th–75th Percentile):

510–610

SAT I math Range (25th–75th Percentile):

500–590

ACT Composite Range (25th–75th Percentile):

20–25

ACT English Range (25th–75th Percentile):

21–27

ACT math Range (25th–75th Percentile):

19–24

SAT II Requirements:

Not required

Freshman Retention Rate:

84%

Top 10% of High School Class:

25%

Students Also Applied to These Schools:

Boston College
Boston University
Mount Holyoke College
Northeastern University
University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Application Fee:

$35

Common Application Accepted?

Yes

Supplemental Forms?

Yes

Admissions Phone:

(800) 345-8468

Admissions E-mail:

ugadm@simmons.edu

Admissions Web Site:

www.simmons.edu/admission

Financial information

Tuition:

$26,702

Room and Board:

$11,970

Books and Supplies:

$960

Average need-Based Financial Aid Package (including loans, work-study, grants, and other sources):

$15,085

Students Who Applied for Financial Aid:

80%

Students Who Received Aid:

72%

Financial Aid Forms Deadline:

February 1

Financial Aid Phone:

(617) 521-2001

Financial Aid e-mail:

ugadm@simmons.edu

Financial Aid Web Site:

www.simmons.edu/admission/financial-aid