Psychology at Simmons University

Every psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Simmons University stacks up to those at other schools.

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,263. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 195 students received their master's degree in psychology.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Simmons Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Simmons Psychology Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #264 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Simmons

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Simmons University.

Simmons Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 195 students earned a master's degree in psychology from Simmons. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Simmons, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Simmons University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	111
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Simmons University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	201

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Education
• Library Science

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	100	$75,660

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.