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Tufts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. Tufts is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

171 Undergraduate Degrees
53 Graduate Degrees
$61,401 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
10% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Tufts University?

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Contact details for Tufts are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Medford, MA 02155-5555
Phone: 617-628-5000
Website: www.tufts.edu

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How Do I Get Into Tufts?

You can apply to Tufts online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Tufts

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Tufts?

10% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
37% Submit SAT Scores
If you plan to apply to Tufts, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 10%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 10%, and the acceptance rate for women is 9%.

Average Test Scores

About 37% of students accepted to Tufts submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 760. Math scores were between 740 and 790.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Tufts University  ( 710 to 760 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Tufts University  ( 740 to 790 )
200
800
Tufts received ACT scores from 19% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 33 and 35.

ACT Composite Scores for Tufts University  ( 33 to 35 )
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36

Can I Afford Tufts University?

$61,401 Net Price
21% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Tufts is $61,401. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Tufts, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $7,418 a year. That adds up to $29,672 over four years for those students.

Tufts University Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,509 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 6,676 undergraduate students at Tufts, with 6,509 being full-time and 167 being part-time.

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There are also 6,617 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,509 full-time undergraduates at Tufts, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Tufts University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,012
Black or African American 339
Hispanic or Latino 589
White 3,101
International Students 755
Other Races/Ethnicities 713

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Tufts University. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 101 countries are represented at Tufts. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Tufts University

697 Took All Classes Online
2,264 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 2,264 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Tufts has changed over the last few years.

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Tufts University Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Science 171 2 39 6 218
Computer & IS Security 0 0 6 0 6
TOTAL 171 2 45 6 224

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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