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History at Tufts

Tufts graduates about 36 history majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 18th of 692 schools we score for history, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $66,000 four years out, 1.29× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

91/100Standout#18 of 692 for history →
Graduates a year362% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$66,0001.29× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1450–1550whole school

Around Tufts

Tail fragments of Jumbo, stored in the Tufts University archives.
Tail fragments of JumboPhoto: Z22 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Tufts Team
Tufts Team (7945288002)Photo: ElizabethForMA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Eaton Hall, Tufts University
Eaton Hall, TuftsPhoto: Jellymuffin40 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
from FUNERALE DELLA SIGNORA SITTI MAANI GIOERIDA DELLA VALLE, 1627
Sitti Maani Gioerida della VallePhoto: after Jan van Hasselt · Public domain · source

Where history happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Tisch Library.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 22 · Dorm 12 · Chapel 3 · Athletics 3 · Arts 3 · Dining 1.

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Nearby in the history ranking

  1. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 91
  2. William & Mary 91
  3. Northwestern University 91
  4. Dartmouth College 91
  5. Brandeis University 91
  6. Stanford University 91
  7. Davidson College 91
  8. University of California, Los Angeles 90

Other strong majors at Tufts

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Tufts with every school we score in history. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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