Tufts University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 4,000,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (34%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,036
Men / Women 43% / 57%
From State 22%
From Region 20%
Athletes 919 (13.3%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 41%
Asian 17%
International 13%
Hispanic 10%
Mixed 8%
Black 6%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Arts and Sciences 1,265 41% 45% 13% 7% 12% 11% $82,031 77 +0.69 68 95%
Human Computer Interaction 68 +4 37% 35% 25% 3% 9% 15% $117,073 94 +1.27 96 100% — — — —
Applied Mathematics 6 +1 67% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% $124,185 83 +0.49 98 — — — — —
Astrophysics 7 +1 29% 57% 0% 0% 29% 0% $98,424 88 +1.07 87 — — — — —
Chemical Physics 1 — 100% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $98,650 88 +1.09 87 — — — — —
Chemistry 20 +2 50% 50% 0% 10% 10% 10% $70,480 48 -0.11 42 — — — — —
Geosciences 4 +3 75% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% $68,008 65 +0.26 35 — — — — —
Mathematics 25 +20 48% 48% 4% 0% 8% 24% $150,844 96 +2.47 100 100% — — — —
Physics 13 +7 62% 54% 0% 0% 15% 15% $99,741 89 +1.16 88 — — — — —
Biochemistry 43 +1 44% 33% 21% 2% 9% 14% $76,023 68 +0.40 56 — — — — —
Biology 165 +13 35% 38% 23% 4% 14% 8% $76,237 92 +1.14 56 97% — — — —
Neuroscience 80 +1 25% 31% 18% 14% 19% 4% $55,681 11 -0.99 8 91% — — — —
Environmental Studies 24 +42 38% 67% 4% 0% 8% 0% $76,522 98 +2.24 57 96% — — — —
Community Health 43 +17 9% 47% 14% 23% 7% 5% $80,161 88 +0.80 65 96% — — — —
Economics 163 +47 65% 50% 7% 4% 9% 20% $119,949 82 +0.83 97 96% — — — —
African American Studies 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $64,460 70 +0.42 25 — — — — —
American Studies 3 +2 33% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $64,480 70 +0.42 25 100% — — — —
Archaeology 4 +2 25% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $70,387 91 +1.32 41 — — — — —
Chinese — +4 — — — — — — $64,894 73 +0.61 26 — — — — —
Classics 3 +6 33% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% $67,626 89 +1.05 34 — — — — —
English 33 +10 33% 58% 12% 0% 21% 0% $57,187 76 +0.58 10 91% — — — —
Ethnic Studies 13 +2 31% 54% 38% 8% 0% 0% $64,138 69 +0.39 24 — — — — —
French 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $64,465 72 +0.57 25 100% — — — —
French Studies 1 +10 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,480 70 +0.42 25 100% — — — —
German — +3 — — — — — — $65,037 73 +0.62 27 — — — — —
Greek 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $64,896 73 +0.61 26 — — — — —
History 36 +14 78% 61% 3% 3% 11% 8% $67,998 89 +1.08 35 96% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 5 +17 80% 60% 0% 20% 0% 0% $71,594 94 +1.37 44 — — — — —
Japanese 1 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,080 73 +0.63 27 — — — — —
Latin American Studies 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $64,480 70 +0.42 25 100% — — — —
Philosophy 14 +13 57% 57% 7% 7% 7% 0% $69,418 79 +0.60 39 — — — — —
Religion 2 +4 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $64,446 96 +1.68 25 — — — — —
Russian and Eastern European Studies 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,480 70 +0.42 25 100% — — — —
Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages 2 +1 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% $64,991 73 +0.62 27 — — — — —
Spanish 3 +23 33% 33% 0% 33% 33% 0% $64,465 72 +0.57 25 100% — — — —
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 1 +2 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,512 85 +1.01 25 — — — — —
Anthropology 10 +3 10% 60% 10% 0% 10% 10% $71,297 93 +1.31 44 — — — — —
Child Study and Human Development 29 +28 3% 62% 17% 7% 10% 0% $62,427 97 +1.09 20 100% — — — —
Clinical Psychology 33 +1 27% 33% 9% 9% 24% 9% $48,550 14 -0.99 3 94% — — — —
Cognitive Science 47 +14 32% 45% 13% 13% 6% 6% $82,776 71 +0.01 69 86% — — — —
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis 13 +2 8% 46% 8% 0% 15% 8% $70,581 93 +1.24 42 — — — — —
International Relations 134 +22 47% 37% 16% 10% 14% 15% $82,237 81 +0.49 68 90% — — — —
Political Science 50 +18 64% 52% 8% 8% 6% 6% $66,730 36 -0.40 31 97% — — — —
Psychology 82 +20 23% 40% 9% 7% 16% 20% $74,201 95 +1.41 51 97% — — — —
Sociology 15 +7 33% 47% 20% 0% 13% 7% $78,234 97 +1.94 61 100% — — — —
Architectural Studies 18 +7 44% 56% 6% 6% 11% 11% $70,372 62 +0.26 41 — — — — —
Art History 9 +6 22% 67% 0% 0% 22% 11% $46,789 34 -0.39 3 85% — — — —
Film Studies 32 +13 38% 59% 3% 9% 9% 6% $55,209 85 +0.90 8 100% — — — —
Music 4 +9 50% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $48,347 57 +0.17 3 — — — — —
Theatre 1 +8 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,205 78 +0.55 3 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering 463 58% 39% 22% 6% 8% 12% $131,507 100 +0.64 99 97%
Architectural Engineering 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,428 57 +0.16 83 — — — — —
Biomedical Engineering 37 +6 38% 49% 22% 5% 8% 5% $93,765 37 -0.43 83 100% — — — —
Biotechnology — — — — — — — — $90,700 42 -0.10 80 — — — — —
Chemical Engineering 32 — 44% 50% 12% 3% 6% 16% $108,618 67 +0.32 93 97% — — — —
Civil Engineering 21 — 52% 52% 29% 0% 10% 10% $85,770 14 -0.94 74 100% — — — —
Computer Engineering 15 — 73% 33% 7% 20% 7% 13% $128,637 81 +0.55 98 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 17 — 76% 47% 18% 0% 12% 18% $106,247 28 -0.51 91 94% — — — —
Engineering 8 — 88% 50% 12% 12% 0% 25% $103,143 70 +0.35 90 — — — — —
Engineering Physics 11 — 55% 64% 0% 0% 9% 9% $119,034 88 +1.03 96 — — — — —
Engineering Science — — — — — — — — $102,206 68 +0.28 89 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 16 — 38% 50% 19% 6% 19% 6% $84,860 43 -0.07 73 — — — — —
Human Factors Engineering — — — — — — — — $123,380 78 +0.62 97 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 74 — 66% 38% 14% 7% 15% 8% $106,487 87 +0.92 91 97% — — — —
Public Health Engineering — — — — — — — — $85,716 46 +0.04 74 — — — — —
Computer Science 222 +26 59% 33% 28% 7% 6% 14% $161,525 88 +1.07 100 96% — — — —
Data Science 9 — 78% 33% 33% 0% 0% 22% $120,163 76 +0.41 97 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of the Museum of Fine Arts 115 20% 35% 19% 3% 11% 18% $46,917 1 +0.00 3 85%
Education 1 +9 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,599 84 +0.77 18 — — — — —
Fine Arts 114 — 20% 34% 19% 4% 11% 18% $46,789 52 -0.00 3 85% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $74,827
ROI Percentile 81th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 83%
6-Year Graduation Rate 94%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 22.4% 413 35% 43% 13% 8% 13% 12% $73,966 93 +0.53 51 93% —
Computer Science 16.2% 299 55% 33% 28% 6% 6% 14% $150,171 87 +1.10 100 97% —
Life & Natural Sciences 15.6% 288 33% 35% 21% 6% 15% 8% $70,495 64 +0.44 42 95% —
Engineering 12.6% 232 56% 46% 16% 6% 11% 10% $103,223 57 +0.24 90 98% —
Arts 9.7% 178 27% 43% 13% 4% 12% 15% $50,725 47 +0.17 4 88% —
Business & Economics 8.8% 163 65% 50% 7% 4% 9% 20% $119,949 96 +0.83 97 96% —
Humanities 6.8% 126 51% 55% 10% 5% 17% 2% $64,648 88 +0.79 26 94% —
Physical Sciences & Math 4.1% 76 53% 50% 4% 3% 11% 17% $108,975 91 +1.15 93 100% —
Health Sciences 2.3% 43 9% 47% 14% 23% 7% 5% $80,161 63 +0.80 65 96% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.3% 24 38% 67% 4% 0% 8% 0% $76,522 98 +2.24 57 96% —
Education 0.1% 1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,599 87 +0.77 18 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $140M #40 70% $9.5M 39 #68 233 65
Engineering $39.2M #113 60% $2.7M 30 #105 187 46
Humanities & Social Sciences $23.2M #93 25% $0.2M 25 #160 91 12
Health Sciences $18.1M #106 61% $1.0M 4 #195 10 7
Agriculture & Food Science $17.8M #60 55% $0.8M 12 #44 54 14
Physical Sciences & Math $14.6M #151 83% $0.1M 17 #140 154 17
Computer Science $5.2M #128 62% $0.1M 9 #102 96 5
Business & Economics $4.5M #105 11% $0 4 #199 26 —
Education $1.7M #188 34% $0.3M 2 #413 — —
Total $264M #103 62% $14.7M 142 #141 851 166

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 149 $283K $283K $0
Football 93 $1.3M $1.1M $118K
Lacrosse 59 $734K $712K $22K
Rowing 52 $386K $371K $14K
Baseball 47 $469K $469K $0
Soccer 35 $319K $297K $22K
Swimming & Diving 35 $310K $310K $0
Ice Hockey 31 $477K $477K $0
Sailing 29 $155K $113K $41K
Basketball 19 $317K $298K $19K
Golf 15 $150K $144K $6K
Squash 15 $152K $152K $0
Tennis 15 $270K $243K $26K
Total 532 $5.3M $5.0M $271K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 158 $301K $301K $0
Rowing 48 $356K $342K $13K
Sailing 46 $246K $184K $61K
Swimming & Diving 37 $328K $328K $0
Lacrosse 34 $388K $388K $0
Soccer 29 $301K $301K $0
Field Hockey 25 $302K $292K $10K
Volleyball 21 $288K $275K $12K
Softball 20 $346K $323K $22K
Fencing 16 $129K $122K $6K
Basketball 15 $290K $266K $23K
Squash 15 $152K $152K $0
Tennis 14 $232K $232K $0
Total 387 $3.7M $3.5M $151K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 307 $585K $585K $0
Rowing 100 $742K $713K $28K
Football 93 $1.3M $1.1M $118K
Lacrosse 93 $1.1M $1.1M $22K
Sailing 75 $401K $298K $103K
Swimming & Diving 72 $639K $639K $0
Soccer 64 $620K $598K $22K
Baseball 47 $469K $469K $0
Basketball 34 $608K $565K $42K
Ice Hockey 31 $477K $477K $0
Squash 30 $304K $304K $0
Tennis 29 $502K $476K $26K
Field Hockey 25 $302K $292K $10K
Volleyball 21 $288K $275K $12K
Softball 20 $346K $323K $22K
Fencing 16 $129K $122K $6K
Golf 15 $150K $144K $6K
Total 919 $12.7M $12.7M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 10.8%
Yield (non-ED) 27%
Early Decision 1 Nov 2
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 11% 10% 5%
Early Decision 41% 37% 17%
Unhooked Early Decision 35% 31% —

Hooked: legacy, recruited athletes, faculty-related, and Questbridge

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 58%
SAT Range 1460 – 1520
SAT Math Range 730 – 780
SAT RW Range 720 – 760