Tufts University is a highly competitive school and its admissions statistics make Tufts University one of the 50 most competitive schools for undergraduate admissions globally. Similar to the trends across all top schools, Tufts University acceptance rates have continued to decline over the past 8 years and will almost certainly continue to do so into the future.
The Class of 2019 was the single most challenging year to be admitted to Tufts University ever to date. For the Class of 2019, 19,064 students applied to Tufts University of which 3,050 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 16%. Overall applications decreased by 0.1% over last year (2018 to 2019) from 19,076 to 19,064.
For the Class of 2019, 530 students were admitted through the early admissions process. Total early applications totaled 1,839, yielding an early acceptance rate of 28.8%.