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Tufts University

Medford, MA 02155-5555		 General information
 (617) 628-5000

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degrees, Masters degrees, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificates, Doctor's degrees, First-Professional degrees
Carnegie classification: Research Universities (very high research activity)
Number of students: 9,758 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 70

About this School
Tufts University is a private university located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The school emphasizes active citizenship and public service programsBacow, Lawrence S. "How Universities Can Teach Public Service." The Boston Globe. 15 October 2005. in all disciplines, and is frequently identified with internationalism and its study abroad program Kantrowitz, Barbara. "America's Hot 25 Schools." Newsweek Kaplan College Guide.. The university is home to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. In 1852, Charles Tufts founded Tufts College and donated the land for the campus on Walnut Hill, the highest point in Medford. Tufts said that he wanted to set a "light on the hill." Originally affiliated with the Universalist Church, Tufts is now non-sectarian. The name was changed to "Tufts University" in 1954, although the corporate name remains "the Trustees of Tufts College." In the late 1970s, the French-American nutritionist Jean Mayer became president of Tufts. Through a series of rapid acquisitions, he proceeded to transform the school from a small New England liberal arts college to an internationally-oriented research university.Gittleman, Sol. (November 2004) An Entrepreneurial University: The Transformation Of Tufts, 1976-2002. Tufts University, ISBN 1584654163.
 
History
Charles Tufts was the donor of the land which Tufts University now occupies on the Medford-Somerville line. The twenty-acre plot, given to the Universalist church on the condition that it be used for a college, was valued at $20,000 and located on one of the highest hills in the Boston area, Walnut Hill. In 1852, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts chartered Tufts College. The original act of incorporation noted the college should promote "virtue and piety and learning in such of the languages and liberal and useful arts as shall be recommended." Having been one of the biggest influences in the establishment of the College, Hosea Ballou II became the first president in 1853. P.T. Barnum was one of the earliest benefactors of Tufts College, and Barnum Hall was constructed in 1884 with funds donated by him. The building, initially known as the Barnum Museum of Natural History, was intended to house his collection of animal specimens, and it featured the stuffed hide of Jumbo the elephant after his death. On April 14, 1975, a fire that began in faulty wiring in a refrigeration unit in the building gutted the Barnum Museum. The collection housed in the building was completely lost, including numerous animal specimens, Barnum's desk and bust, and the stuffed hide of Jumbo. On July 15, 1892, the Board of Trustees voted to admit women to Tufts College . The university remained in relative obscurity until the presidency of Jean Mayer began in 1976. Mayer was, by all accounts, some combination of "charming, witty, duplicitous, ambitious, brilliant, intellectual, opportunistic, generous, vain, slippery, loyal, possessed of an inner standard of excellence, and charismatic" . Mayer established Tufts' veterinary, nutrition, and biomedical schools and acquired the Grafton and Talloires campuses, at the same time lifting the university out of its crippling financial situation. During this period, the federal government established the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts. Financially, the university has received the three largest donations in its history over the past year. On 4 November 2005, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam donated $100 million to Tufts to establish the Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund . On 12 May 2006, Jonathan Tisch gave $40 million to endow the University College of Citizenship and Public Service, which now bears his name .
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 38,840$ 36,700$ 34,730
Out of State$ 38,840$ 36,700$ 34,730
Books and Supplies$ 800$ 800$ 800
On-Campus
Room and board$ 10,518$ 10,160$ 10,270
Other Expenses$ 1,242$ 1,240$ 1,200
Off Campus
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Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 8% $ 5,688
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 4% $ 4,065
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 34% $ 22,735
Loans to students 34% $ 2,496
 
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