Tufts University Student Population

How many students at Tufts?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Tufts University has a total enrollment of 13,599 students, including 7,126 undergraduate and 6,473 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 5,595 male students (41.1%) and 8,004 female students (58.9%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 5,813 White students (42.7%) and 2,161 Asian students (15.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,126 undergraduate students (52.4%) and 6,473 graduate students (47.6%).
• Class Delivery: 469 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,085 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity) - which average 19,644 - Tufts's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 5,595 male (41.14%) and 8,004 female (58.86%) students are attending Tufts University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 69.90.

By class level, 7,126 (52.40%) are undergraduate students and 6,473 (47.60%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.57% are male and 56.43% are female, while among graduate students, 38.47% are male and 61.53% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,813 White, 857 Black, and 2,161 Asian students out of a total of 13,599 are attending at Tufts University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Tufts University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 77.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Tufts has 87 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 9,380 students under 25 years old, and 4,219 students over 25 years old out of 13,599 total students.

Tufts has 7,044 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 82 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,336 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,137 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Tufts University, 469 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,085 students are enrolled in some online courses.

183 students who live in Massachusetts or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 286 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,126 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 124 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.74%.116 students have transferred in as full-time status and 8 students transferred in as part-time status.