The main focus area for this major is Biotechnology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Biotechnology is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Tufts University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in biotech, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Tufts is in the top 10% of the country for biotech. More specifically it was ranked #12 out of 121 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #3 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Tufts.
Part-time undergraduates at Tufts paid an average of $1,985 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $59,560 | $59,560 |
Fees | $1,302 | $1,302 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,630 | $15,630 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,508 | $1,508 |
Learn more about Tufts tuition and fees.
Tufts does not offer an online option for its biotech bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Tufts Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in biotech in 2019-2020, 50.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 37.5% of the biotech bachelor’s degrees at Tufts in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 45%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Biotechnology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Biotechnology | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biotechnology.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Biology | 152 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 35 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.