Tufts Class of 2029
In 2025, Tufts acceptance rate increased to 10.5 percent from the record low 9.5 percent for the Class of 2027. However, the Tufts University Class of 2029 applicant pool decresead slightly to 33,400 applicants. Compared to other, smaller NESCACs such as Bowdoin (14,045 applications), Middlebury (11,831 applications), and Amherst (15,818 applicants), Tufts continues to attract larger numbers of applicants and overall they accept more students into their freshman class.
Applicants continue to show an interest in the ED and EDII binding application options, as seen in the rising number of total ED applications—up 10 percent from 2022.
Tufts B.F.A. program at the SMFA has been receiving a greater number of applications in part due to the Tufts Civic Semester program, a gap service semester. During fall semester, accepted students will work with a local community organization and complete academic courses as they concentrate on community engagement and social and environmental justice in one of two locations—either Urubamba, Peru or the Southwestern United States.
| Overall Applications Accepted | Overall Applications Received | Overall Admissions Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2029 | 3,507 | 33,400 | 10.50% |
| 2028 | 3,400 | 34,400 | 10.00% |
| 2027 | 3,230 | 34,000 | 9.50% |
| 2026 | 3,139 | 34,880 | 9.00% |
| 2025 | 3,431 | 31,190 | 11.00% |
| 2024 | 3,469 | 23,127 | 15.00% |
| 2023 | 3,318 | 22,725 | 14.60% |
| 2022 | 3,139 | 21,502 | 14.60% |
| 2021 | 3,128 | 21,101 | 14.82% |
| 2020 | 2,831 | 20,222 | 14.00% |
| 2019 | 3,050 | 19,064 | 16.00% |
| 2018 | 3,325 | 19,076 | 17.43% |
Student Demographics
Tufts has made strides to accept a more diverse incoming class by committing to meet the full demonstrated need of all admitted students. They have recently budgeted $25.8 million in need-based grants for undergraduates, a new record, to make this possible. 1 out of 7 students qualify for Pell Grants. They recently announced a new policy for fall 2026 admission: “undergraduate tuition-free for U.S. students from families earning less than $150,000 per year, with no student loans for families earning less than $60,000.” Director of Financial Aid Patricia Reilly explained to the Daily, “Each year our office works with the university budget officers to increase the financial aid budget to allow us to continue to meet 100% of the demonstrated need of every admitted student … The average annual increase in undergraduate financial aid over the past 10 years has outpaced the average increase in tuition and total student costs.”
While most of the accepted students come from Massachusetts, New York, and California, all fifty states are represented, as are seventy countries. More than half (56 percent) of the students accepted regular decision were women, and 11 percent were international students. Roughly 55 percent of the accepted students attended public high school and 11 percent are first-generation college students. 90 students are from Tuft’s host communities (Medford, Somerville, Boston, and Grafton).
