Enrollment Trends at Tufts

The student population at Tufts University is 13,599 (7,126 undergraduate and 6,473 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,462 (22.11%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Tufts is 52.40% which is increased by 1,836 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 626 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 82 in 2015.
469 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 177.51% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,336 where 13,599 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 13,599 students in 2025 and was lowest at 11,137 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 11,137 to 13,599 students, a net gain of 2,462 (22.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Tufts University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,137	5,290	2,635	2,655	5,847	2,367	3,480
2016-17	11,489 352	5,508 218	2,734 99	2,774 119	5,981 134	2,392 25	3,589 109
2017-18	11,449 -40	5,541 33	2,718 -16	2,823 49	5,908 -73	2,384 -8	3,524 -65
2018-19	11,586 137	5,643 102	2,697 -21	2,946 123	5,943 35	2,414 30	3,529 5
2019-20	11,878 292	5,907 264	2,774 77	3,133 187	5,971 28	2,472 58	3,499 -30
2020-21	12,219 341	6,114 207	2,802 28	3,312 179	6,105 134	2,433 -39	3,672 173
2021-22	13,293 1,074	6,676 562	2,991 189	3,685 373	6,617 512	2,556 123	4,061 389
2022-23	13,431 138	6,815 139	3,022 31	3,793 108	6,616 -1	2,500 -56	4,116 55
2023-24	13,274 -157	6,877 62	3,016 -6	3,861 68	6,397 -219	2,436 -64	3,961 -155
2024-25	13,599 325	7,126 249	3,105 89	4,021 160	6,473 76	2,490 54	3,983 22
Average	12,336	6,150	2,849	3,300	6,186	2,444	3,741

Tufts University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,150 where 7,126 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tufts University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,290	5,215	2,603	2,612	75	32	43
2016-17	5,508	5,435	2,701	2,734	73	33	40
2017-18	5,541	5,483	2,694	2,789	58	24	34
2018-19	5,643	5,508	2,627	2,881	135	70	65
2019-20	5,907	5,742	2,686	3,056	165	88	77
2020-21	6,114	5,938	2,711	3,227	176	91	85
2021-22	6,676	6,509	2,904	3,605	167	87	80
2022-23	6,815	6,635	2,923	3,712	180	99	81
2023-24	6,877	6,685	2,910	3,775	192	106	86
2024-25	7,126	6,940	2,999	3,941	186	106	80
Average	6,150	6,150	2,776	3,233	6,150	74	67

Tufts University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,186 where 6,473 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tufts University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,847	4,965	2,042	2,923	882	325	557
2016-17	5,981	5,110	2,077	3,033	871	315	556
2017-18	5,908	5,115	2,068	3,047	793	316	477
2018-19	5,943	5,210	2,149	3,061	733	265	468
2019-20	5,971	5,177	2,144	3,033	794	328	466
2020-21	6,105	5,080	1,989	3,091	1,025	444	581
2021-22	6,617	5,492	2,084	3,408	1,125	472	653
2022-23	6,616	5,369	1,987	3,382	1,247	513	734
2023-24	6,397	5,268	1,933	3,335	1,129	503	626
2024-25	6,473	5,469	2,023	3,446	1,004	467	537
Average	6,186	6,186	2,050	3,176	6,186	395	566

Tufts University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.75% and the percentage of black students is 6.30% at Tufts University. 15.89% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.29% to 42.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 12.36% to 15.89%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.46% to 6.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.66% to 9.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7750 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6732 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tufts University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	7	1,377	385	630	3	6,158	415
2016-17	4	1,447	453	703	2	6,212	450
2017-18	4	1,474	467	751	2	6,230	444
2018-19	7	1,542	506	789	2	6,214	488
2019-20	11	1,670	555	884	4	6,174	520
2020-21	9	1,764	596	973	4	6,233	554
2021-22	8	1,898	716	1,142	8	6,455	691
2022-23	9	2,002	794	1,228	9	6,035	741
2023-24	9	2,062	855	1,266	14	5,768	789
2024-25	8	2,161	857	1,313	14	5,813	832
Average	8	1,740	618	968	6	6,129	592

Tufts University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

469 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 177.51% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Tufts University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	11,137	169	131	10,837
2016-17	11,489	155	153	11,181
2017-18	11,449	191	146	11,112
2018-19	11,586	184	139	11,263
2019-20	11,878	197	181	11,500
2020-21	12,219	4,057	7,330	832
2021-22	13,293	1,119	5,116	7,058
2022-23	13,431	697	1,567	11,167
2023-24	13,274	556	1,346	11,372
2024-25	13,599	469	1,085	12,045
Average	12,336	779	1,719	9,837

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Enrollment Trends at Tufts

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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