Tufts University Healthcare Programs

Tufts University is a private not-for-profit institution located 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?

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.

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

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 20% of students took out student loans averaging $7,034 a year. That adds up to $28,136 over four years for those students.

Tufts University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,114 undergraduate students at Tufts, with 5,938 being full-time and 176 being part-time.

There are also 6,105 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,938 full-time undergraduates at Tufts, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	899
Black or African American	269
Hispanic or Latino	499
White	3,016
International Students	647
Other Races/Ethnicities	608

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.

Tufts University Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Dentistry	0	0	0	239	239
Medicine	0	0	0	202	202
Physical Therapy/Therapist	0	0	0	80	80
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	77	0	0	0	77
Physician Assistant	0	0	50	0	50
Other Public Health	0	0	45	1	46
Occupational Therapy	0	2	2	33	37
Medical Informatics	0	0	35	0	35
Health Services Administration	0	0	25	0	25
Public Health Education and Promotion	0	6	19	0	25
Medical Scientist	0	14	3	2	19
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	0	0	17	1	18
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	0	15	0	0	15
Advanced General Dentistry	0	14	0	0	14
Other Advanced/Graduate Dentistry & Oral Sciences	0	7	7	0	14
Orthodontics/Orthodontology	0	8	0	0	8
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics	0	8	0	0	8
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies	0	8	0	0	8
Endodontics/Endodontology	0	7	0	0	7
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology	0	6	0	0	6
Periodontics/Periodontology	0	5	0	0	5
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery	0	2	0	0	2
General Public Health	0	0	2	0	2
General Dental Clinical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Oral Biology & Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology	0	0	0	0	0
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0
International Public Health/International Health	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	77	102	205	558	942

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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