Simmons University

Instruction - graduate programs: simmons currently serves 2,800 students in graduate programs at the master and doctoral levels. The university's graduate programs are co-educational. These programs are housed in the college of organizational, computational, and information sciences (library and information science and business), college of social sciences, policy, and practice (social work and public policy), the college of natural, behavioral, and health sciences (behavioral analysis, health professions education, nursing, nutrition, physicaltherapy) and in the gwen ifill college of media, arts and humanities (children's literature, gender and social studies, history). The university offers online programs in nursing, social work, behavioral analysis, and public health reaching all fifty states, the district of columbia and canada. During the 2024 academic year, the university conferred 1,219 graduate degrees and certificates. Instruction includes expenditures for the graduate programs as well as financial aid.

Academic support and student services - includes expenditures for activities that support and enhance the student's education, as well as contribute to their emotional and physical well-being. Included in this category is the university library which houses over 146,617 printvolumes, subscribes to and/or provides access to 142,148 e-journals, 255,435 e-books, and 122 electronic databases for articles, reference content, statistics and beyond. Also included in this category is the university's health center whose staff handled 2,573 student/patient visits during fiscal year 2024. Another component of this category is the career education center which had 1,813 student contacts during fiscal year 2024 through multiple channels.