Simmons University
CCNE AccreditedSimmons University offers a range of nursing programs accredited by the CCNE, designed to provide you with a solid foundation in healthcare. With options for both on-campus and 100% online delivery, you can choose a learning format that fits your lifestyle. The university is known for its commitment to academic excellence and preparing students for impactful careers in nursing.
Simmons University at a glance
- Opportunity Score: 60/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: Job market strength and Graduation rate.
- Clinical placement access scores 65/100, based on the hospital systems this school places students into.
- Listed program tuition ranges from $50,400 to $80,000 total across 4 programs.
- 8 nursing programs listed — BSN, DNP, MSN offered on campus / online.
- Programmatic accreditation: CCNE.
60/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
65/100
Clinical placement access
Source: School-published clinical partners
- Programs Offered
- 8
- Clinical Access
- 65/100
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
Nursing Programs at Simmons University(8)
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Simmons Universityoverall score
Strengths
- Job market strength
- Graduation rate
- Online flexibility
Watch-outs
- Tuition affordability
Score breakdown
- Job market strength96
- Graduation rate83
- Online flexibility75
- Tuition affordability25
- Clinical partnerships65
The Opportunity Score blends NCLEX pass rate, tuition affordability, graduation outcomes, schedule flexibility, hospital clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Missing inputs are excluded and remaining weights are redistributed proportionally. How we calculate this.
Simmons Universityclinical access
- BSN program offers access to over 850 clinical training sites.
- Graduate students receive support from clinical placement specialists.
- Simmons has an 11,000-square-foot Nursing Simulation Center.
- No nurse residency pipelines or guaranteed interview programs found.
Named hospital & health-system partners
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- VA Boston Healthcare System
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sources: simmons.edu, online.simmons.edu, online.simmons.edu. How we score this
Admissions at Simmons University
- •Direct Entry Graduate Nursing (for non‑nursing bachelor’s degree holders):
- •Minimum cumulative GPA required: 3.0 (across all institutions attended) with a grade of C+ or better in all prerequisite courses.
- •Applicants who have retaken more than two prerequisites (either two different courses repeated, or one course repeated twice) within the past seven years are ineligible.
- •TOEFL score requirement (if applicable): minimum 570 (paper-based), 230 (computer-based), or 88 (internet-based).
- •BSN → MSN (for applicants already holding a nursing bachelor’s degree):
- •Preferred GPA: at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- •Prerequisite in statistics: one three‑credit course with a minimum grade of C+ required before program start.
- •English language proficiency (if applicable):
- •TOEFL iBT: 100–105 recommended;
- •IELTS: 7.0–8.0;
- •Duolingo: 120–125.
- •Undergraduate Nursing Program (BSN, for transfer students):
- •Typical admitted students have a college GPA and science GPA above 3.0, and a prerequisite GPA above 3.3.
- •Minimum grade on prereq
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Simmons University
- •On the undergraduate BSN (traditional program), the program is primarily a daytime, on‑campus program, although “a small number of classes and clinicals are sometimes offered on evenings and weekends.” Source: https://www.simmons.edu/undergraduate/admission-and-financial-aid/how-apply/transfer-students/nursing-program-transfer
- •The Undergraduate BSN prerequisites may be completed online or in person, offered across spring, summer, and fall terms. Source: https://www.simmons.edu/undergraduate/admission-and-financial-aid/how-apply/transfer-students/nursing-program-transfer
- •For the Direct Entry graduate nursing programs (MSN, DNP, PMHNP, FNP), formats vary by phase:
- •Some are on-campus in earlier terms, then hybrid or online in later terms. For example, the Direct Entry DNP-FNP program is on campus through term 4, and on campus or online thereafter; the Direct Entry Hybrid PMHNP MSN is on campus terms 1–5, then online after term 5. Source: https://www.simmons.edu/academics/colleges-schools-departments/school-nursing/which-nursing-program-right-you
- •The Nursing@Simmons online graduate programs (MSN and DNP) blend:
- •Live, online classes (synchronous)
- •Self‑paced learning modules (asynchronous)
- •A campus immersion weekend
- •Hands‑on clinical
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
BSN (Traditional)
The program is primarily a daytime, on-campus program, although a small number of classes and clinicals are sometimes offered on evenings and weekends.
DNP
Minimum GPA: 3.0
The Nursing@Simmons online graduate programs blend live, online classes (synchronous) and self-paced learning modules (asynchronous).
MSN — Family Nurse Practitioner
Minimum GPA: 3.0
The Nursing@Simmons online graduate programs blend live, online classes (synchronous) and self-paced learning modules (asynchronous).
MSN — Nursing Education
Minimum GPA: 3.0
The Nursing@Simmons online graduate programs blend live, online classes (synchronous) and self-paced learning modules (asynchronous).
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.