by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Tufts University took the #32 spot. This places the school in the Top 5% of the country for overall quality. Tufts received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, Tufts took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Tufts took the #46 spot on the list. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 10% ranking. Because of its high ranking, Tufts won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Massachusetts, Tufts came in at #5.
Women make up 60.1% of the total graduate student body at Tufts while men make you 39.9%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 29.9% of the graduate students who attend Tufts are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Tufts. Around 15.0% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $54,196 | $54,196 |
| Fees | $1,020 | $1,020 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Tufts enter careers with an average starting salary of $64,585. That's good news for those graduates since it is 11% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at Tufts is $78,116. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 4% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for Tufts are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Phone: | 617-628-5000 |
| Website: | https://www.tufts.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/tuftsu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/TuftsUniversity |
Around 37.7% of Tufts graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 16.1% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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