Tufts University
Location: Boston, MA (Urban)
School Type: Private Institution
Program Website: MD | MD-PhD
SDN SchoolsDB Profile: TUSM
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Historical applications
MDApplicants archive · MD
Tufts University
4,710 historical application reports
1998-2020 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 23 |
| 2001 | 30 |
| 2002 | 197 |
| 2003 | 216 |
| 2004 | 356 |
| 2005 | 435 |
| 2006 | 468 |
| 2007 | 503 |
| 2008 | 539 |
| 2009 | 382 |
| 2010 | 244 |
| 2011 | 281 |
| 2012 | 227 |
| 2013 | 233 |
| 2014 | 200 |
| 2015 | 154 |
| 2016 | 84 |
| 2017 | 75 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 16 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 4,616
- Secondary completed
- 4,008
- Interview invitation
- 968
- Interview attended
- 838
- Waitlisted
- 161
- Accepted
- 399
- Withdrawn
- 818
- Rejected
- 1,630
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.654,361 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.614,347 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 33median · 4,382 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 514median · 4,468 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
37 median age at the profile snapshot · 1,761 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 2,531
- Female
- 2,023
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 2,564
- East Asian
- 838
- South Asian
- 380
- Hispanic
- 166
- African
- 108
- Arabic
- 34
- Native American
- 7
Home state
- California
- 1,170
- New York
- 488
- Massachusetts
- 319
- New Jersey
- 205
- Florida
- 202
- Pennsylvania
- 155
- Illinois
- 140
- Texas
- 134
Undergraduate colleges
- UCLA
- 168
- UC Berkeley
- 141
- Cornell University
- 64
- University of Michigan
- 59
- UCSD
- 57
- UC
- 56
- Boston University
- 53
- University of Florida
- 50
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 2,491
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 410
- Engineering/Technology
- 335
- Physical Sciences
- 291
- Computing and Information Science
- 180
- History/Humanities
- 156
- Premedical Studies
- 86
- English/Literature
- 71
Graduate institutions
- Boston University
- 32
- Georgetown University
- 24
- Columbia University
- 21
- UCSD
- 13
- Harvard Extension School
- 12
- UC Berkeley
- 12
- University of Pennsylvania
- 10
- Johns Hopkins University
- 9
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 305
- Premedical Studies
- 226
- Computing and Information Science
- 158
- Other
- 124
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 74
- Engineering/Technology
- 49
- History/Humanities
- 47
- Physical Sciences
- 45
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 138
- MPH
- 63
- BS
- 57
- BA
- 52
- MA
- 47
- M.S.
- 46
- N/A
- 41
- none
- 29
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.