COLLEGES · 30-YEAR ROI · MEDFORD, MA
Is Tufts University worth the money?
Yes — at resident pricing. A Tufts University degree clears +$432K in 30-year projected net value over skipping college and investing the difference.
A private nonprofit four-year school in Medford, Massachusetts, priced at its published tuition (identical in-state and out-of-state) — earnings rolled up from 31 FREOPP-reported programs.
IPEDS 2023 cost · FREOPP 2021 earnings · BEA 2023 cost-of-living · same model as /worth-it · this school clears positive net value.
- 30-year net value · resident pricing
- +$432K
- Median earnings · 10 yrs after entry
- $71,987
- Breaks even by age
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- FREOPP program coverage
- 31 programs
Tufts University tuition & cost
- Annual tuition · published (in- & out-of-state)
- $67,844
- Total cost of attendance (4 years, sticker)
- $342,016
Sticker tuition, before aid. Private tuition is the same in-state and out-of-state. Total cost of attendance adds fees, housing, and living costs over 4 years (IPEDS 2023).
How this is computed (and what it isn’t)
Tufts University runs through the /worth-it model at its published tuition, with the standard loan assumptions, a 30-year horizon, and Massachusetts’s own cost-of-living on the skip-college path. The “30-year net value” is the projected accumulated value of going vs. skipping and investing the difference, in real dollars.
What it isn’t: a verdict on every major. The school-level number averages across 31 FREOPP-reported programs — the field you pick swings it by over a million dollars on its own. We only publish school pages that clear positive net value at resident pricing; earnings roll up from at least three FREOPP programs (ADR-0032), so a single high-earning major can’t fake the number.
Questions
- Is Tufts University worth the money?
- At resident pricing, yes: Tufts University clears +$432K in 30-year projected net value versus skipping college and investing the difference. That is computed from a total cost of attendance of $342,016 and median earnings of $71,987 ten years after entry (IPEDS 2023 cost, FREOPP 2021 earnings, BEA 2023 cost-of-living — the same model as the LE TEEN calculator).
- How much is tuition at Tufts University?
- Tufts University's annual sticker tuition is $67,844, the same in-state and out-of-state, before financial aid. Total cost of attendance over 4 years — tuition plus fees, housing, and living costs — is $342,016 (IPEDS 2023).
- What is the total cost of Tufts University?
- Over 4 years, Tufts University's sticker cost of attendance is $342,016 — tuition, fees, housing, and living costs at Massachusetts prices, before financial aid. Median earnings ten years after entry are $71,987.
- How long until a Tufts University degree pays for itself?
- Under our defaults the degree path finishes +$432K ahead at the 30-year horizon; the year-by-year crossover depends on your loan share and time horizon — run your own assumptions on the calculator.
- What could change the number for Tufts University?
- Tuition at a private is the same wherever you're from, so the big lever is the major: the field you pick swings lifetime ROI by over a million dollars on its own (see the majors pages). Loan share and time horizon move it too — both are editable on the calculator.
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Cite this:
LE TEEN (2026). “Is Tufts University worth the money? 30-year ROI.” Data: IPEDS 2023 · FREOPP 2021 · BEA 2023. https://le-teen.com/colleges/tufts-university