Tufts University [Acceptance Rate + Statistics + Tuition] (2024)

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Position	Category
#98 of 14,131	In the World
#61 of 2,597	In North America
#57 of 2,496	In the United States
#4 of 88	In Massachusetts
#25 of 1,654	For Biomedical Engineering
Top100	For 44 other topics

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Quick Review

Acceptance rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Avg. cost to attend: $30,479 /y
Aid receiving: 46%
Undergraduates: 6,815
Graduates: 6,616
Male:Female Ratio: 41:59
Control: Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree: Doctor's degree
Website: www.tufts.edu

Tufts University Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

Tufts University has an acceptance rate of 10% and is among the top 2% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	10%	10%	9%
Applicants	34,882	13,900	19,732
Admissions	3,381	1,374	1,873
Freshmen enrolled full time	1,695	696	929

1,567 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

697 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
631 or 37%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1450
or below

75% of them
had 1550
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in Tufts University are 1450-1550 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
315 or 19%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 33
or below

75% of them
had 35
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in Tufts University are 33-35 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Required
Secondary school record	Required
TOEFL	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Considered but not required
SAT/ACT	Considered but not required
Secondary school GPA	Considered but not required
Secondary school rank	Considered but not required
Other Tests	Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White	6035 (45%)
Nonresident Alien	2013 (15%)
Asian	2002 (15%)
Hispanic	1228 (9%)
Black or African American	794 (6%)
Two or more races	741 (6%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown	600 (4%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	9 (0.1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native	5 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The average net cost to attend Tufts University is $30,479 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Net average cost to attend: $30,479/year
Average aid awarded: $51,613
Students receiving aid: 46%

Average costs by household income

<$30K	$9,223
$30-48K	$6,812
$48-75K	$14,765
$75-110K	$26,144
$110K+	$57,478

Tuition and fees

	Undergraduates	Graduates
Tuition in-district	$63,804	$54,196
Tuition in-state	$63,804	$54,196
Tuition out-of-state	$63,804	$54,196
Fee in-district	$1,418	$1,084
Fee in-state	$1,418	$1,084
Fee out-of-state	$1,418	$1,084

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity	4,216
Combined charge for room and board	$16,778
Room charge	$9,142
Meal charge	$7,636

Tufts University majors

Tufts University has granted 1,479 bachelor's degrees across 59 programs, 1,356 master's across 61 programs, and 708 doctorate degrees across 33 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Tufts University.

Major	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
International Relations and Affairs	113	243	7
Dentistry			225
Medicine			206
Computer Science	149	39	6
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	159	27	6
Biology & Biological Sciences, General	130	10	4
Nutrition Sciences		93	10
Biomedical Sciences, General		101	1
Mechanical Engineering	66	22	9
Veterinary Medicine			97
Engineering & Industrial Management		91
Experimental Psychology	65	5	3
Art & Art Studies, General	50	22
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	39	25	7
Child Development	36	23	4
Biopsychology	62
Political Science and Government, General	58
Human Computer Interaction	31	23
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	53
Epidemiology		49
Physician Assistant		48
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	21	15	10
Occupational Therapy & Therapist		9	37
Public Health, Other		39	1
Chemical Engineering	26	5	7
Business Administration and Management, General		37
Civil Engineering, General	17	16	2
Mathematics, General	14	11	9
Biochemistry	33
Clinical Psychology	33
Sociology, General	33
Cognitive Science, General	30		1
Educational Psychology		29
Urban Studies & Affairs		29
Physics, General	10	10	8
English Language and Literature, General	21	2	4
Environmental Studies	16	10
Chemistry, General	10	6	9
Health Services Administration		25
Computational Science	10	14
History, General	20	4
Philosophy	12	12
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other		22	2
International Business & Trade & Commerce		23
Film & Cinema & Media Studies	20
Conservation Biology		19
Education, General		16
Medical Informatics		16
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering	15
Health Communication		15
Museology & Museum Studies		15
Music, General	6	9
Anthropology, General	14
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	4	10
Advanced & Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other		13
American & United States Studies & Civilization	13
Computer Engineering, General	9	4
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other		13
Architecture	10
Spanish Language and Literature	10
Statistics, General		10
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General	3	3	3
Public Policy Analysis, General		9
Veterinary Infectious Diseases		9
Cell & Cellular Biology and Histology			8
International Law and Legal Studies		8
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	8
Cultural Studies & Critical Theory and Analysis	7
Engineering, General	7
Intercultural & Multicultural and Diversity Studies		7
Medical Science & Scientist		6	1
Sustainability Studies		7
Applied Mathematics, General	6
Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance		6
Microbiology and Immunology			6
Neuroscience		1	5
Energy Systems Engineering, Other		5
Animal Genetics		1	3
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine		4
Computer Software Engineering		4
Engineering Physics & Applied Physics	4
Geology & Earth Science, General	4
Astrophysics	3
Chemistry, Other		3
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	2	1
French Language and Literature	3
Immunology			3
Materials Engineering		3
Archeology	2
Chinese Language and Literature	2
Genetics, General			2
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design			2
Ancient & Classical Greek Language and Literature	1
Arabic Language and Literature	1
Chemical Physics	1
Engineering Science	1
Latin Language and Literature	1
Near and Middle Eastern Studies	1
Religion & Religious Studies	1
Russian Language and Literature	1
Science, Technology and Society	1
Women's Studies	1
Grand Total	1,479	1,356	708

Tufts University has a graduation rate of 94%, which is among the 3% highest for universities in the US.

	Total	Men	Women
Graduation rate	94%	93%	95%
Full-time retention rate - 96%

Publications & Citations

Tufts University is a world-class research university with 86,778 scientific papers published and 3,434,457 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Genetics, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Pathology, and Psychology.

Publications: 86,778
Citations: 3,434,457

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology	58,564 / 2,767,301
Medicine	58,393 / 2,574,663
Chemistry	43,521 / 2,219,632
Genetics	34,299 / 1,804,623
	33,481 / 1,126,769
Biochemistry	33,351 / 1,923,035
Computer Science	30,715 / 1,168,758
Engineering	27,991 / 1,074,797
Pathology	27,771 / 1,335,371
Psychology	27,280 / 1,153,559
Physics	25,872 / 986,341
Environmental Science	25,087 / 939,145
Surgery	17,986 / 757,819
Psychiatry	17,717 / 816,529
Organic Chemistry	16,779 / 863,414
Political Science	16,227 / 437,974
Law	15,410 / 429,725
Sociology	15,126 / 557,466
Mathematics	14,220 / 602,524
Quantum and Particle physics	13,785 / 474,780
Geology	13,375 / 542,053
Immunology	13,156 / 683,549
Philosophy	13,077 / 404,282
Statistics	12,221 / 541,635
Geography and Cartography	11,645 / 339,079
Materials Science	11,366 / 456,251
Neuroscience	11,168 / 506,712
Paleontology	10,246 / 441,372
Radiology and Nuclear medicine	10,056 / 388,881
History	9,421 / 252,446
Ecology	9,279 / 344,866
Public Health	9,169 / 431,076
Economics	9,103 / 269,565
Business	8,676 / 237,136
Anatomy and Physiology	8,550 / 402,551
Optical Engineering	7,820 / 295,521
Archaeology	7,758 / 236,598
Demography	7,577 / 378,831
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	7,330 / 214,577
Oncology and Cancer research	6,685 / 346,504

Annual publication & citation counts

Year	Publications	Citations
1991	963	15494
1992	1019	17483
1993	1060	18703
1994	1104	20380
1995	1155	21399
1996	1270	23495
1997	1181	26376
1998	1310	30420
1999	1254	33704
2000	1362	39255
2001	1435	42831
2002	1641	46866
2003	1647	52946
2004	1595	58915
2005	1738	65298
2006	1969	72759
2007	2111	80832
2008	2203	86537
2009	2468	95938
2010	2564	105077
2011	2690	117162
2012	2675	129437
2013	2963	138642
2014	2958	148794
2015	3235	156053
2016	3133	155614
2017	3393	159749
2018	3233	171387
2019	3550	186086
2020	3971	212067
2021	3847	229682
2022	3537	230178
2023	3665	224762

Academic rankings

Tufts University alumni

Jessica Biel

Born in

United States

Years

1982-.. (age 42)

Enrolled in Tufts University

Studied in 2000-2002

Occupations

actor

Biography

Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
William Hurt

Born in

United States

Years

1950-2022 (aged 72)

Enrolled in Tufts University

Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in theology

Occupations

film actortelevision actoractorfilm producerstage actor

Biography

William McChord Hurt was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Tracy Chapman

Born in

United States

Years

1964-.. (age 60)

Occupations

singer-songwritercomposerguitariststreet artistsinger

Biography

Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles "Fast Car" (1988) and "Give Me One Reason" (1995).
Rainn Wilson

Born in

United States

Years

1966-.. (age 58)

Occupations

comedianfilm actorcharacter actorbloggerwriter

Biography

Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

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General info

Alternative names	TU
Founded	1852
Motto	Pax et Lux Peace and Light
Colors	brown, blue
Academic calendar	September to May (September - December; January-May)
Total FTE staff	4,708
Carnegie classification	Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address	Medford, Massachusetts, 02155-5555 United States
City population	60,000
Phone	6176285000