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Located five miles from downtown Boston, Tufts is a medium-sized liberal arts university with a focus on student-faculty relationships, ... Login AskQB Login AskQB Togglenavigation HighSchoolStudents HighSchoolStudents HighSchoolStudents NationalCollegeMatch WhoShouldApply HowtoApply HowitWorks QuestBridgeRegularDecision CollegePrepScholars WhoShouldApply HowtoApply QuestforExcellenceAwards HumanitiesAward STEMAward FeinFellowsAward NYCAward USAAward NewAmericansAward StudentResourceCenter PreparingforCollege ApplyingforCollege PayingforCollege CollegePartners CollegePartners CollegePartners AmherstCollege BarnardCollege BostonCollege BostonUniversity BowdoinCollege BrownUniversity CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology CarletonCollege ClaremontMcKennaCollege ColbyCollege ColgateUniversity ColoradoCollege ColumbiaUniversity DartmouthCollege DavidsonCollege DenisonUniversity DukeUniversity EmoryUniversity GrinnellCollege HamiltonCollege HaverfordCollege MacalesterCollege MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology NorthwesternUniversity OberlinCollege PomonaCollege PrincetonUniversity RiceUniversity ScrippsCollege StanfordUniversity SwarthmoreCollege TuftsUniversity UniversityofChicago UniversityofNotreDame UniversityofPennsylvania UniversityofSouthernCalifornia UniversityofVirginia VanderbiltUniversity VassarCollege WashingtonandLeeUniversity WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis WellesleyCollege WesleyanUniversity WilliamsCollege YaleUniversity Educators Educators Educators CounselorResources RecommenderResources FamilyResources ReferaStudent QuestCasts Scholars Scholars Scholars QUESTBRIDGESCHOLARSNETWORK CampusChapters Opportunities Resources Stories ALUMNIASSOCIATION Directory Communities Events GRADUATESCHOOLMATCH HowtoApply HowitWorks ApplicationSupplements About About About Mission&Vision OurImpact OurPartners OurDonors OurStaff BoardofDirectors Advisors History JobOpportunities Donate ContactUs Overview ApplicationRequirements FinancialAid Academics ScholarsonCampus TuftsUniversity Overview LocatedfivemilesfromdowntownBoston, Tuftsisamedium-sizedliberalartsuniversitywithafocusonstudent-facultyrelationships,undergraduateresearch,andcelebratingdiverseexperiences.Tufts'6,000undergraduatestudentspursuemajorsinoneofthreeschools:theSchoolofArtsandSciences,theSchoolofEngineering,orthe SchooloftheMuseumofFineArts(SMFAatTufts).Asatieroneresearchuniversity,ourstudentsdelveintoworld-classresearcheasilyandearly,exploringfieldsfromsoft-bodiedroboticstotherebirthofurbandemocracy,microbialcommunitiestomusicaltheater.Tuftsoffersthechancetojoinaclose-knitcommunitythatsupportsintellectualrisk-takingandaglobaloutlook. Youcan’tfitTuftsstudentsintoabox.Theyareintellectuallypowerful,down-to-earth,driven,andcivic-minded.AtTufts,theylearnhowtomakeameasurabledifferenceandthenstartmakingit—evenasundergraduates.Oncampus,the JonathanM.TischCollegeofCivicLifeleadstheway,allowingstudentstotakecurricularcoursesinsocialchangeorevenenrollinthe 1+4Bridge-Year.Whethertheyareengineers,studioartists,politicalscientists,orpoets,ourstudentsgraduatefromTuftsreadytoenactpositivechangeinthecommunitiestheyjoin. StudentsfindsupportandcommunitythroughanarrayofdedicatedgatheringspacesandprogramsatTufts.IncomingstudentsofcolorareassignedpeerleadersthroughtheAfricanaCenter,AsianAmericanCenter,andLatinoCenter.The FIRSTResourceCenterservesasahomeforfirst-generationstudents,low-incomestudents,andundocumentedstudentsatTufts,offeringmentorshipprograms,first-yearseminars,andanoptionalpre-orientation.The CenterforSTEMDiversityatTuftsfosterssuccessinSTEMfieldsforunderrepresentedstudentsthroughasummerbridgeprogram,first-yearseminar,andresearchopportunities.Otheridentity-basedcentersincludetheLGBTCenterandWomen’sCenter. Twofunfacts:First,Jumbotheelephant,Tufts’officialmascot,istheonlycollegemascotintheWebsterDictionary.Second,onthemorningofHalloweeneachyear,studentswakeuptodiscoverTuftshasbeen"pumpkined"—pumpkinsofeverysizeandshapeperchinstrangeplacesallovercampus. ExploreTuftsUniversity>> ExploreTufts  TakeavirtualtourofTufts Moreways togettoknowTufts LearnmoreaboutTufts AttendavirtualTuftsinformationsession   SchoolProfile Suburbancampussetting Size  6,114undergraduatestudents 6,105graduatestudents 1,807first-yearstudents Admissions(Classof2024)   16%applicantsadmitted SATEBRWMiddle50%:700-760 SATMMiddle50%:720-790 ACTMiddle50%:32-35 Diversity  15.2%Asian 4.6%Black/AfricanAmerican 8.4%Hispanic 50.8%White,Non-Hispanic <1%AmericanIndianorAlaskaNative  <1%NativeHawaiianorotherPacificIslander  6%Twoormoreraces  10.8%International/Non-Resident 4.2%Race/Ethnicityunknown  Themostrepresentedhomestatesofundergraduate studentsareMassachusetts,NewYork,California, NewJersey,Connecticut,Pennsylvania,Florida, Illinois,Maryland,andTexas  80%offirst-yearstudentsarefrom outsideofMassachusetts 71%offirst-yearstudentsarefrom outsideofNewEngland 11%offirst-yearstudentsarefrom outsideoftheUnitedStates × DefaultModaltitle DefaultModalBody