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Learn skills, solve problems through research and innovation, contribute to meaningful change, and create new opportunities for your future through our professional fields of education and human development.
Changing Minds
As a catalyst for transformation and change, the Simmons School provides real solutions to issues challenging our community and the world.
Make an Impact
The Simmons School is ranked among the top 11 private graduate schools of education in the nation and the top 3 public and private schools in Texas. The U.S. 天美传媒 & World Report 2026 rankings place the Simmons School in the top tier of graduate education schools.
Transformative research in action
Transformative research in action
Simmons researchers design projects to have real-world impact on education and applied physiology. View our active projects.
Commitment to advancing knowledge
Commitment to advancing knowledge
With a total funding of over $9.3 million and 93 active external projects, an impressive 77% of tenure-line professors are engaged in funded research. View our annual research snapshot.
Dedication to community engagement
Dedication to community engagement
The Toyota USA Foundation, Simmons School, and Dallas ISD have formed a partnership to develop a K-8th grade STEM-focused school in West Dallas.
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Simmons Solutions
Simmons Solutions features the School’s exciting research, people, and events.
- The story of Counseling alums who are treating victims, relatives, and friends of the Camp Mystic tragedy of summer 2025
- Faculty research designed to improve learning in schools and safety in our communities
- Building a legacy through philanthropy and service
- Service to the Dallas community through the Budd Center and the Family Counseling Clinic
Since publication of the magazine, Michael S. Harris has been named the Leon Simmons Endowed Dean of the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development.
Simmons Research has Real-World Impact
Whether collaborating on interdisciplinary research or identifying processes to improve literacy, technology-enhanced learning, STEM education, academic leadership, or sports management, the Simmons faculty pursue evidence-based solutions that change lives through the application of new research findings and innovative technology. Simmons researchers shed light on what can be done better.
Upcoming Events
We host the engaging Simmons Lecture Series, featuring keynote speakers on various topics in education and human development, alongside travel-study programs that combine your education with exciting travel opportunities.
Find your Home in Simmons
Catch a glimpse of campus life through the eyes of students and faculty.
SMU Simmons by the numbers
2024-25
21
degree and certificate programs
$13.9 million
research award to Simmons, which constitutes the largest grant ever awarded to SMU
18%
ranked in the top 18% of graduate education schools by US 天美传媒 & World Report
70%
of graduate students received scholarships
76%
of tenure-line professors engaged in research
77
active research projects
Simmons Students Shine
Will Schmitt, who will earn a minor in Educational Studies in May 2026, is applying what he has learned at the Simmons School across the globe. Will plans to teach English abroad and has already spent time in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he taught local learners鈥攊ncluding Buddhist monks. Will recommends Simmons鈥 Educational Studies program to anyone striving for excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership. 鈥淏eing part of the 鈥 program has given me the confidence to teach and lead with technique, creativity, and compassion in any setting. I鈥檝e gained tools that have strengthened both my teaching and learning abilities and enriched the rest of my studies 天美传媒.鈥
