Tufts University
Medford / Somerville, United States — www.tufts.edu
- QS Ranking
- #374
- Founded
- 1852
- Type
- Private Research University
- Students
- 12,000+
- Acceptance Rate
- ~11%
- Founded
- 1852
- QS Rank
- #374 (2025)
- Fletcher School
- America's oldest school of international affairs
- Location
- 15 min from Harvard, MIT, and Boston — world's #1 academic cluster
Overview
Tufts University, founded in 1852 in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts (immediately adjacent to Cambridge and Harvard), is one of America's elite private research universities, ranked #374 in QS 2025. Tufts punches significantly above its size (12,000 students) in research output and reputation. It is particularly distinguished for international relations and diplomacy (The Fletcher School — America's oldest graduate school of international affairs, producing US ambassadors and foreign ministers worldwide), veterinary medicine (Cummings School — one of the US's top veterinary schools), and biomedical engineering. Tufts has one of the highest percentages of international students of any US research university, and its international affairs programs are considered equal to Georgetown and Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Admission Process
Common Application. ED I: November 1. ED II: January 1. Regular: January 1. SAT/ACT optional. TOEFL 100+/IELTS 7.0+. Acceptance ~11% — highly selective.
Programs at Tufts University
- MSc Computer Science (Master's) — 28,000 USD/year
- Master of Business Administration (Master's) — 36,000 USD/year
- MSc Data Science & AI (Master's) — 45,000 USD/year
- Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) (Bachelor's) — 52,000 USD/year
- Master of Science in Engineering (Master's) — 28,000 USD/year
- PhD in Natural Sciences (PhD) — 36,000 USD/year
- BSc Computer Science (Bachelor's) — 22,000 USD/year
- BSc Business Administration (Bachelor's) — 28,000 USD/year
- BSc Economics (Bachelor's) — 32,000 USD/year
- BA International Relations (Bachelor's) — 38,000 USD/year
- BSc Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's) — 45,000 USD/year
- BSc Civil Engineering (Bachelor's) — 22,000 USD/year
- BSc Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's) — 28,000 USD/year
- MBA International Business (MBA) — 44,705 USD/year
- MSc Global Supply Chain Management (Master's) — 43,019 USD/year
- MSc Architecture & Urban Design (Master's) — 51,945 USD/year