Masters in Public Policy

Simmons University (previously Simmons College) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1899 by clothing manufacturer John Simmons. In 2018, it reorganized its structure and changed its name to a university. Its undergraduate program is women-focused while its graduate programs are co-educational.Simmons is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.As of 2020, 83 percent of applicants to undergraduate programs were accepted.The university is divided into two campuses in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood totaling 12 acres (4.9 ha), one of which has five academic buildings and the other of which has nine Georgian-style residential buildings.The university enrolls approximately 1,736 undergraduates and 4,527 graduate students.Its athletics teams compete in NCAA Division III as the Sharks.Simmons was founded in 1899 with a bequest by John Simmons, a wealthy clothing manufacturer in Boston. Simmons founded the college, called Simmons College, based on the belief that women ought to live independently by offering a liberal arts education for undergraduate women to integrate into professional work experience.Sarah Louise Arnold was the school's first dean(she also later served as national president of the Girl Scouts).