Graduate Program Overview
Tufts University is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Medford, Massachusetts. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $49,476. It offers 162 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | Tufts University |
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| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
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| Address | Medford, MA |
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| Graduate School Students | 6,617 students
694 students enrolled online exclusively |
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| Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) | $49,476 |
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| Student to Faculty | 10:1 (10.00%) |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 162 Graduate Programs
81 Master's, 39 Doctorate, 42 Post graduate certificates |
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2024 Graduate Program Tuition at Tufts University
The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Tufts University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $49,476 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,610.
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| Amounts |
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| Tuition | $48,324 |
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| Fees | $1,152 |
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| Cost per Credit | $1,610 |
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| Books & Supplies | $1,000 |
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| Room & Board | $17,660 (On-Campus) / $17,660 (Off-Campus) |
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| Personal Expenses | $1,796 (On-Campus) / $1,796 (Off-Campus) |
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| On-Campus Total | $69,932 |
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| Off-Campus Total | $69,932 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
| 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 |
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| Tuition & Fees | $53,658 | $55,168 | $55,216 | $55,280 | $49,476 |
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Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 5/10/2024)
Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
Tufts University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 162 major areas -
81 Master's (2 online programs), 39 Doctorate , 33 Post-Bachelor'(9 online programs), 9 Post-Master'. 1,356 students have been conferred Master's degree and 708 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
| Master's | Doctorate |
Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's |
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| Total | 1,356 | 708 | 142 | 64 |
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| Men | 532 | 287 | 32 | 23 |
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| Women | 824 | 421 | 110 | 41 |
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Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree).
You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| Philosophy | 12 |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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| Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
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| History | |
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NOT OFFER |
NOT OFFER |
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Graduate Student Population
Tufts graduate schools have a total of 6,617 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 2,556 male and 4,061 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 5,492 full-time and 1,125 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 694 students enrolled through online exclusively and 940 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 3,276 White, 374 Black, and 867 Asian students are attending at Tufts University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
52 grad students are younger than 22 and 323 students are older than 65. It has 5,013 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,228 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 6,617 |
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| Men | 2,556 |
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| Women | 4,061 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 6,617 |
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| Full-time Students | 5,492 |
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| Part-time Students | 1,125 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 6,617 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 4 |
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| Asian | 867 |
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| Black | 374 |
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| Hispanic | 534 |
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Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander | 2 |
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| White | 3,276 |
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| Two or more races | 234 |
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| Un-Known | 227 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 6,617 |
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| 21 & Under | 52 |
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| 22-24 | 1,998 |
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| 25-29 | 3,015 |
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| 30-34 | 895 |
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| 35-39 | 333 |
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| 40 & Over | 323 |
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Online Population
At Tufts University graduate schools, 694 students enrolled online exclusively and 940 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 6,616 |
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| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 694 |
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| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 940 |
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| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 4,982 |
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Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 694 |
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| Massachusetts Resident | 282 |
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| Other State In U.S. | 374 |
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| Outside of U.S. | 38 |
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