The Simmons Edge
Accelerate your path to career success with the Simmons Edge
Your education is one of the most important investments you’ll make. At Simmons, we are committed to ensuring it is also the best investment you make. That is why we created the Simmons Edge, an integrated academic and experiential journey that will lead you to career success — faster and more affordably — so you can begin to realize a return on that investment in less time.
The Simmons Edge ensures that you will have the guidance and support to explore your passion and connect your academic work directly to your career goals. Whether you have always known you want to be a nurse or you are deciding between a career in business or policy, the Simmons Edge will also set you on a path to earn the necessary graduate degree in less time and with significant cost savings.
Components of The Edge
Whatever your undergraduate major may be, the Simmons Edge ensures that you will have an opportunity to continue your education at Simmons with advisors to guide you along the way.
“The process of learning at Simmons is very interactive. I was able to do independent research with [faculty] guidance, but they let me use my creativity and ideas and lead it on my own. Professors are also doing their own research and will often let you join them.”
Raneem Emad Amer Mousa ’25
Mathematics, Computer Science, Dual-Degree in Engineering
“I am loving my time at Simmons, and it is wonderful to work in the new Nursing Simulation Lab . . . It was easy for me to choose the Simmons School of Nursing over other schools because of the clinical rotation opportunities with Boston-area hospitals. I am currently doing rotations at Mass General, and am confident that I have chosen the right career path.”
Emma Pazar '25, '26 MSN
4+1 Nursing program
The Edge at a Glance
25%
Cost Savings
An accelerated degree program will save you an average of 25% over completing a separate undergraduate and graduate degree.
Time Savings to a Graduate Degree
By taking two graduate classes in your senior year, you have the opportunity for time savings over completing two separate degree programs.
Accelerated Degree Student and Alumnae/i Success Stories
School of Nursing Students Train to Work with Children with Developmental Disorders
Simmons School of Nursing students Rachel Takes ’24MSN and Elizabeth Strager ’19 ’21MSN, FNP- C, ’25DNP were recruited into the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Program (LEND Boston) at Boston Children's Hospital’s Institute for Community Inclusion.
Accelerated Degree Student Presents Poster on ChatGPT at Technical Symposium
Raneem Emad Amer Mousa ’25 is pursuing the Dual-Degree in Engineering Simmons offers in collaboration with Columbia University. Her research project, “Is ChatGPT the Academic Catalyst We’ve All Been Waiting For?” was accepted for inclusion in the SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2024.
Dr. Stacey Pazar Huth ’87 Shares Family’s Multigenerational History with Simmons
Chemist and biomedical product developer Stacey Pazar Huth ’87 is a leading woman in medical diagnostics and research and development. Her connection to Simmons also involves her father, who helped build the campus, and her daughter, a current nursing major. We spoke with Huth about her Simmons journey, the gender bias in STEM, and her understanding of legacy.
Meet Micah Joyce Guillermo ’26, Gilbert and Marcia Kotzen Scholarship Recipient
The Gilbert and Marcia Kotzen Scholarship is the most prestigious student award at Simmons. Kotzen scholarship recipients receive full tuition remission over four years. The class of 2026 includes ten Kotzen scholars. We spoke with Micah Joyce Guillermo about her...
Dan Nguyen ’23 Receives Robert Y. Young Award
Physics major Dan Nguyen has received a prestigious award from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Nguyen began her research as a SURPASs (Summer Undergraduate Research Program at Simmons) scholar and is now testing her theories at the new science building. She spoke with us about her project, what drew her to Simmons, and her future plans.
Madison Poshkus ’22, ’23MPP Completes Barbara Lee Foundation Fellowship
During her senior year as a Political Science major at Simmons, Madison Poshkus '21 '23MPP worked as an intern at the Massachusetts State House as part of Simmons' Barbara Lee Fellowship program. Sponsored by the Barbara Lee Foundation, the Fellowship...
Tips from the World's Most Productive Nurse Practitioner
Jessica Reeves '17MSN is a Nurse Practitioner who is as interested in the well-being of her fellow providers as that of her patients. So she decided to share her expertise in her book, Secrets From The World's Most Productive Nurse Practitioner.
Lifelong and Ever-evolving: Ann Bradley ’59 Reflects on a Transformative Nursing Career
Even after retiring in 2014, Ann Bradley ’59 hasn't stopped contributing to the medical field. We caught up with Bradley about her ever-evolving nursing career in the fields of public health, school health, and community health.