Tufts University Teaching Programs

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

Where Is Tufts University?

Contact details for Tufts are given below.

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

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?

The acceptance rate at Tufts is 10%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

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.

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.

Can I Afford Tufts University?

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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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

There are 6,676 undergraduate students at Tufts, with 6,509 being full-time and 167 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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

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.

This school is the 11th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Tufts majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Education	63%

Tufts University Teaching Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Education	11	24	16	0	51
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	22	2	24
Educational Evaluation & Research	0	0	0	0	0
Science Education	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	11	24	38	2	75

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Magicpiano under License

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