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What Tufts costs

Medford, Massachusetts · Private · 7,061 undergrads

Tufts' sticker price was $92,054 a year in 2024-25 (College Scorecard). Students with federal aid paid $38,797 on average after grants; families earning under $30,000 paid $4,195.

What does Tufts cost?

$38,797 a year

What students who got federal aid paid on average after grants, 2024-25. The sticker price, with housing and food, is $92,054.

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Average paid after grants by family income
under $30,000$4,195
$30,000–$48,000$10,240
$48,000–$75,000$16,897
$75,000–$110,000$29,497
over $110,000$57,862

Own a business or have divorced parents? Run Tufts's own calculator.

Net price 2024-25, College Scorecard.

By family income

Families who got federal aid, average paid per year after grants, 2024-25.

Family incomeAverage paid
Under $30,000$4,195
$30,000–$48,000$10,240
$48,000–$75,000$16,897
$75,000–$110,000$29,497
Over $110,000$57,862

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For families earning under $30,000, grants took 95% off Tufts's sticker price.

Business owner, divorced parents, or savings? The averages can't see that; Tufts' own calculator can.

Compared with colleges people also look at

For families earning $48,000–75,000, Tufts cost less than BU but more than Boston College and Amherst.

CollegeFamilies earning $48–75kAll aided students
Tufts$16,897$38,797
Boston College$9,615$38,930
BU$52,880$36,503
Amherst$13,814$19,536

The sticker price

$73,616
Tuition, 2025-26
$92,054
Full sticker price, tuition, housing, food, books
14%
of undergrads get a Pell Grant, the federal grant for lower-income students.
$55,933
average grant for students who got aid.
18%
of undergrads take a federal loan.
$16,250
median federal debt at graduation.

Questions people ask

How much does Tufts University cost for a family earning $25,000?
Families earning under $30,000 paid $4,195 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $92,054. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Tufts's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Tufts University cost for a family earning $40,000?
Families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid $10,240 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $92,054. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Tufts's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Tufts University cost for a family earning $60,000?
Families earning $48,000–$75,000 paid $16,897 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $92,054. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Tufts's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
Where these numbers come from

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers