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Medical Scientist at Tufts University

What traits are you looking for in a medical scientist school? To help you decide if Tufts University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical scientist program.

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and approximately 12,219 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Scientist section at the bottom of this page.

Tufts Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

Tufts Medical Scientist Rankings

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There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in medical scientist, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at Tufts

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical scientist majors at Tufts University.

Tufts Medical Scientist Master’s Program

33% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The medical scientist program at Tufts awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in medical scientist each year. Tufts does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

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In the medical scientist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tufts University with a master's in medical scientist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Medical Scientists 13,430 $92,980
Natural Sciences Managers 4,040 $183,490
Epidemiologists 240 $107,670

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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