Enrollment Trends at Simmons

The student population at Simmons University is 5,710 (1,788 undergraduate and 3,922 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 880 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Simmons is 31.31% which is decreased by 4 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 884 and it has been increasing.

2,864 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 208.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,720 where 5,710 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

31.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 68.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 884 over past 10 years.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Simmons University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,830	1,792	1	1,791	3,038	402	2,636
2013-14	4,655 -175	1,732 -60	3 2	1,729 -62	2,923 -115	381 -21	2,542 -94
2014-15	4,897 242	1,635 -97	1 -2	1,634 -95	3,262 339	403 22	2,859 317
2015-16	5,567 670	1,730 95	6 5	1,724 90	3,837 575	476 73	3,361 502
2016-17	6,111 544	1,781 51	9 3	1,772 48	4,330 493	514 38	3,816 455
2017-18	6,283 172	1,739 -42	8 -1	1,731 -41	4,544 214	547 33	3,997 181
2018-19	6,082 -201	1,809 70	9 1	1,800 69	4,273 -271	536 -11	3,737 -260
2019-20	6,535 453	1,761 -48	0 -9	1,761 -39	4,774 501	579 43	4,195 458
2020-21	6,263 -272	1,736 -25	0 0	1,736 -25	4,527 -247	505 -74	4,022 -173
2021-22	5,984 -279	1,748 12	0 0	1,748 12	4,236 -291	484 -21	3,752 -270
2022-23	5,710 -274	1,788 40	0 0	1,788 40	3,922 -314	440 -44	3,482 -270
Average	5,720	1,750	3	1,747	3,970	479	3,491

Simmons University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,750 where 1,788 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Simmons University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,792	1,647	0	1,647	145	1	144
2013-14	1,732	1,577	0	1,577	155	3	152
2014-15	1,635	1,484	0	1,484	151	1	150
2015-16	1,730	1,599	0	1,599	131	6	125
2016-17	1,781	1,594	0	1,594	187	9	178
2017-18	1,739	1,553	1	1,552	186	7	179
2018-19	1,809	1,631	2	1,629	178	7	171
2019-20	1,761	1,607	0	1,607	154	0	154
2020-21	1,736	1,609	0	1,609	127	0	127
2021-22	1,748	1,638	0	1,638	110	0	110
2022-23	1,788	1,601	0	1,601	187	0	187
Average	1,750	1,750	0	1,594	1,750	3	152

Simmons University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,970 where 3,922 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Simmons University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,038	802	76	726	2,236	326	1,910
2013-14	2,923	758	90	668	2,165	291	1,874
2014-15	3,262	813	82	731	2,449	321	2,128
2015-16	3,837	1,289	139	1,150	2,548	337	2,211
2016-17	4,330	1,460	173	1,287	2,870	341	2,529
2017-18	4,544	1,618	214	1,404	2,926	333	2,593
2018-19	4,273	1,488	213	1,275	2,785	323	2,462
2019-20	4,774	1,627	217	1,410	3,147	362	2,785
2020-21	4,527	1,542	201	1,341	2,985	304	2,681
2021-22	4,236	1,444	189	1,255	2,792	295	2,497
2022-23	3,922	1,433	173	1,260	2,489	267	2,222
Average	3,970	3,970	161	1,137	3,970	318	2,354

Simmons University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.39%. The percentage was 71.41% 10 years ago and Simmons still has a high percentage of white students. 6.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.77% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Simmons University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	7	221	270	239	4	3,449	111
2013-14	6	236	269	248	5	3,250	109
2014-15	11	268	306	284	2	3,296	119
2015-16	9	287	393	340	6	3,686	156
2016-17	13	295	483	385	9	3,963	182
2017-18	8	318	485	395	9	3,870	207
2018-19	6	365	485	393	7	3,691	181
2019-20	5	403	545	477	2	3,790	201
2020-21	4	384	503	518	1	3,533	178
2021-22	8	356	512	541	1	3,294	150
2022-23	5	347	501	524	1	2,877	128
Average	7	316	432	395	4	3,518	157

Simmons University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,864 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 50% of total students. The number of online students has increased 208.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Simmons University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,897	929	281	3,687
2015-16	5,567	1,536	772	3,259
2016-17	6,111	2,728	631	2,752
2017-18	6,283	2,571	913	2,799
2018-19	6,082	2,567	572	2,943
2019-20	6,535	3,008	583	2,944
2020-21	6,263	6,132	131	0
2021-22	5,984	2,739	785	2,460
2022-23	5,710	2,864	1,020	1,826
Average	5,937	2,786	632	2,519

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