How many students at Tufts? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 13,431 students have enrolled in Tufts University with 6,815 undergraduate and 6,616 graduate students.

By gender, 5,522 male and 7,909 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

697 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,567 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Tufts University has a total of 13,431 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,815 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,616 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,522 male and 7,909 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total13,4316,8156,616
Men5,5223,0222,500
Women7,9093,7934,116
Tufts University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartTufts University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartTufts University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,035 White, 794 Black, and 2,002 Asian students out of a total of 13,431 are attending at Tufts University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American954
Asian2,0027631,239
Black794281513
Hispanic1,228444784
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders936
White6,0352,5853,450
Two or more races741271470
Race Unknown600271329
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American312
Asian1,057405652
Black408155253
Hispanic669268401
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders532
White3,0281,4741,554
Two or more races493210283
Race Unknown305155150
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American642
Asian945358587
Black386126260
Hispanic559176383
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders404
White3,0071,1111,896
Two or more races24861187
Race Unknown295116179
Tufts University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartTufts University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartTufts University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Tufts has 72 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 8,787 students under 25 years old, and 4,644 students over 25 years old out of 13,431 total students.

Tufts has 6,737 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 78 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,050 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,566 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18724725
18-193,0061,7641,242
20-213,1881,7581,430
22-242,5211,566955
25-293,0331,9151,118
30-34912483429
35-39351180171
40-49248140108
50-64975542
Over 65312
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18724725
18-193,0061,7641,242
20-213,1361,7221,414
22-24523247276
25-2918612
30-3417215
35-3918018
40-4912111
50-641349
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21523616
22-241,9981,319679
25-293,0151,9091,106
30-34895481414
35-39333180153
40-4923613997
50-64845133
Over 65312
Tufts University 2023 Student Population by Age chartTufts University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartTufts University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartTufts University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartTufts University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartTufts University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Tufts University, 697 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,567 students are enrolled in some online courses.

283 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 414 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students13,4316971,567
Undergraduate6,8153627
Graduate6,616694940
Online Student Population by Locality
Massachusetts ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students28337638
Undergraduate120
Graduate28237438
Tufts University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,815 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 63 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.92%.58 students have transferred in as full-time status and 5 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time6,577
Transfer-in Full-time58
Regular Part-time175
Transfer-in Part-time5

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