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# Tufts University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Tufts University?

Tufts University’s reported acceptance rate is 11.5%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
11.5%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2024-25

**Applicants**
33,949

**Admitted**
3,915

Source: Tufts University Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Tufts University reported 33,949 first-year applicants and 3,915 admitted applicants. Federal data put the admission rate at 11.5%, below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Applicants should place the university’s published score ranges and academic record alongside their own when building an application list. These measures describe recent admissions outcomes, not an individual decision.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Tufts University students report?

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores fell between 1480 and 1540. 38% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.

For the 18% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 33 to 35. Among enrolled first-time, first-year students who reported a class rank, 79% were in the top tenth.

An applicant can compare their own scores with the university's 1480 to 1540 SAT range and 33 to 35 ACT range. The ranges reflect recent enrolled submitters, not every enrolled student.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Tufts University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**38% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1480

**Median**
1510

**75th percentile**
1540

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**18% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
33

**Median**
34

**75th percentile**
35

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: Tufts University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at Tufts University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
12.0%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
6.5%

**First-year retention**
95.5%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

At 12.0%, Pell Grant recipients account for part of Tufts University’s undergraduate enrollment of 7,061; estimated transfers account for 6.5%. The mix includes people receiving federal grant aid and people continuing college work begun elsewhere.

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,610 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 342 admitted, and 118 enrolled. Pell-eligible applicants can use the cost calculator to estimate their grant-adjusted price, and transfer applicants can compare posted transfer details with their academic plans. These figures show attendance through both aid and transfer routes.

Tufts University posts a 93.5% [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for its first-time full-time cohort, above the 68.8% median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Early persistence follows the same pattern: 95.5% of full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year entrants return for their second year, compared with an 83.4% peer median.

For Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort, six-year completion is 86.1%, below the overall rate by 7.4 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect retention to track return for a second year and completion to track degrees finished within six years.

Both schoolwide rates exceed peer medians, whereas Pell completion sits below the overall rate.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).