Enrollment Trends at Tufts

The student population at Tufts University is 13,431 (6,815 undergraduate and 6,616 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,559 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Tufts is 50.74% which is increased by 1,635 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 924 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

697 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 910.14% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,826 where 13,431 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

50.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 49.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,635 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 924 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Tufts than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Tufts University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,872	5,180	2,556	2,624	5,692	2,389	3,303
2014-15	10,907 35	5,177 -3	2,559 3	2,618 -6	5,730 38	2,407 18	3,323 20
2015-16	11,137 230	5,290 113	2,635 76	2,655 37	5,847 117	2,367 -40	3,480 157
2016-17	11,489 352	5,508 218	2,734 99	2,774 119	5,981 134	2,392 25	3,589 109
2017-18	11,449 -40	5,541 33	2,718 -16	2,823 49	5,908 -73	2,384 -8	3,524 -65
2018-19	11,586 137	5,643 102	2,697 -21	2,946 123	5,943 35	2,414 30	3,529 5
2019-20	11,878 292	5,907 264	2,774 77	3,133 187	5,971 28	2,472 58	3,499 -30
2020-21	12,219 341	6,114 207	2,802 28	3,312 179	6,105 134	2,433 -39	3,672 173
2021-22	13,293 1,074	6,676 562	2,991 189	3,685 373	6,617 512	2,556 123	4,061 389
2022-23	13,431 138	6,815 139	3,022 31	3,793 108	6,616 -1	2,500 -56	4,116 55
Average	11,826	5,785	2,749	3,036	6,041	2,431	3,610

Tufts University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,785 where 6,815 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tufts University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,180	5,138	2,537	2,601	42	19	23
2014-15	5,177	5,127	2,532	2,595	50	27	23
2015-16	5,290	5,215	2,603	2,612	75	32	43
2016-17	5,508	5,435	2,701	2,734	73	33	40
2017-18	5,541	5,483	2,694	2,789	58	24	34
2018-19	5,643	5,508	2,627	2,881	135	70	65
2019-20	5,907	5,742	2,686	3,056	165	88	77
2020-21	6,114	5,938	2,711	3,227	176	91	85
2021-22	6,676	6,509	2,904	3,605	167	87	80
2022-23	6,815	6,635	2,923	3,712	180	99	81
Average	5,785	5,785	2,692	2,981	5,785	57	55

Tufts University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,041 where 6,616 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tufts University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,692	4,913	2,075	2,838	779	314	465
2014-15	5,730	4,892	2,055	2,837	838	352	486
2015-16	5,847	4,965	2,042	2,923	882	325	557
2016-17	5,981	5,110	2,077	3,033	871	315	556
2017-18	5,908	5,115	2,068	3,047	793	316	477
2018-19	5,943	5,210	2,149	3,061	733	265	468
2019-20	5,971	5,177	2,144	3,033	794	328	466
2020-21	6,105	5,080	1,989	3,091	1,025	444	581
2021-22	6,617	5,492	2,084	3,408	1,125	472	653
2022-23	6,616	5,369	1,987	3,382	1,247	513	734
Average	6,041	6,041	2,067	3,065	6,041	364	544

Tufts University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.93% and the percentage of black students is 5.91% at Tufts University. 14.91% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tufts University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	10	1,327	345	572	6	5,955	374
2014-15	12	1,353	368	594	4	5,913	409
2015-16	7	1,377	385	630	3	6,158	415
2016-17	4	1,447	453	703	2	6,212	450
2017-18	4	1,474	467	751	2	6,230	444
2018-19	7	1,542	506	789	2	6,214	488
2019-20	11	1,670	555	884	4	6,174	520
2020-21	9	1,764	596	973	4	6,233	554
2021-22	8	1,898	716	1,142	8	6,455	691
2022-23	9	2,002	794	1,228	9	6,035	741
Average	8	1,585	519	827	4	6,158	509

Tufts University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

697 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 910.14% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Tufts University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,907	69	130	10,708
2015-16	11,137	169	131	10,837
2016-17	11,489	155	153	11,181
2017-18	11,449	191	146	11,112
2018-19	11,586	184	139	11,263
2019-20	11,878	197	181	11,500
2020-21	12,219	4,057	7,330	832
2021-22	13,293	1,119	5,116	7,058
2022-23	13,431	697	1,567	11,167
Average	11,932	760	1,655	9,518

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