unitid 168148 · Medford, MA · private nonprofit 4-year · suburb (large)
Tufts University
- enrollment 2023
- 15,270
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
11%
3rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
7,061
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
12%
undergrads on Pell grants
7th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
94%
finish within 150% time
96th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$88,300
99th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$39,998
after aid, aided students
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$83,214
after entry, Title IV students
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$16,250
12th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,284 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k19%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $85,930
- First-generation students
- 15%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $70,704
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentistry. | 239 | $158,932 | — |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | 233 | $104,887 | — |
| Economics. | 217 | $126,124 | $17,850 |
| Computer Science. | 211 | $168,606 | $15,500 |
| Medicine. | 202 | $131,257 | — |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | 153 | $80,548 | $16,375 |
| Biology, General. | 147 | $76,053 | $16,250 |
| Biology, General. | 133 | $68,588 | — |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | 119 | $159,091 | — |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 113 | — | — |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 105 | $90,807 | — |
| Veterinary Medicine. | 99 | $123,591 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.