Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Tufts

At Tufts University, the average acceptance rate over the past 9 years is 15.36%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 11.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Tufts University than the previous year. Tufts University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 44.63%, and the 2022 yield is 50.00%.

The number of Tufts applicants increased by 34.90% (8,071 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 15.36%, and this year's acceptance rate is 11.00% at Tufts University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 17.25% and women students' rate is 14.05%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Tufts University than the previous year. Tufts University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Tufts University over the past 9 years (2013-2022).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	18.84%	21.37%	16.99%
2014-15	17.24% -1.61%	20.49% -0.89%	14.90% -2.09%
2015-16	16.10% -1.14%	19.32% -1.16%	13.74% -1.16%
2016-17	14.29% -1.81%	16.77% -2.56%	12.50% -1.24%
2017-18	14.91% 0.63%	16.73% -0.04%	13.43% 0.94%
2018-19	14.62% -0.30%	15.39% -1.34%	14.07% 0.63%
2019-20	14.95% 0.33%	16.24% 0.85%	14.04% -0.02%
2020-21	16.30% 1.35%	16.97% 0.73%	15.80% 1.76%
2021-22	11.00% -5.30%	12.00% -4.97%	11.00% -4.80%
Average	15.36%	17.25%	14.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 9 years is 44.63% where the current academic year yield is 50.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Tufts University from 2013 to 2022.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.86%	39.08%	36.72%
2014-15	41.03% 3.17%	40.95% 1.88%	41.07% 4.35%
2015-16	44.31% 3.29%	45.09% 4.14%	43.52% 2.45%
2016-17	46.24% 1.93%	46.83% 1.74%	45.68% 2.16%
2017-18	44.80% -1.44%	45.31% -1.52%	44.89% -0.79%
2018-19	47.22% 2.41%	47.42% 2.10%	47.06% 2.17%
2019-20	47.36% 0.14%	48.43% 1.01%	46.48% -0.58%
2020-21	42.84% -4.52%	42.79% -5.64%	42.88% -3.60%
2021-22	50.00% 7.16%	52.02% 9.23%	49.00% 6.12%
Average	44.63%	45.32%	44.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 21,830, the average number of admitted is 3,290, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,466.

The number of Tufts applicants increased by 34.90% (8,071 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Tufts University from 2013 to 2022.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	18,419	3,471	1,314
2014-15	19,074 3.56%	3,288 -5.27%	1,349 2.66%
2015-16	19,063 -0.06%	3,069 -6.66%	1,360 0.82%
2016-17	20,223 6.09%	2,889 -5.87%	1,336 -1.76%
2017-18	21,101 4.34%	3,147 8.93%	1,410 5.54%
2018-19	21,501 1.90%	3,143 -0.13%	1,484 5.25%
2019-20	22,766 5.88%	3,404 8.30%	1,612 8.63%
2020-21	23,127 1.59%	3,770 10.75%	1,615 0.19%
2021-22	31,198 34.90%	3,432 -8.97%	1,716 6.25%
Average	21,830	3,290	1,466

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Tufts University and similar schools.