unitid 167783 · Boston, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Simmons University
- enrollment 2023
- 6,488
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
70%
42nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,670
69th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
33%
undergrads on Pell grants
49th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
72%
finish within 150% time
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$63,460
77th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$25,265
after aid, aided students
65th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$63,494
after entry, Title IV students
76th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$24,840
53rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $18,027 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k12%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $62,454
- First-generation students
- 20%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $46,874
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work. | 564 | $69,360 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 391 | $122,823 | — |
| Library Science and Administration. | 264 | $59,738 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 143 | $84,018 | $27,916 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 126 | $79,901 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 49 | $67,856 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 47 | $80,725 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 47 | — | — |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 41 | — | — |
| Social Work. | 40 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 29 | $57,274 | $26,678 |
| Biopsychology. | 28 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.