Computational Science at Tufts University

Every computational science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the scientific computing program at Tufts University stacks up to those at other schools.

Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 12,219.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

Tufts Computational Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Scientific Computing
• Master’s Degree in Scientific Computing

Tufts Computational Science Rankings

The scientific computing major at Tufts is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computational Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Scientific Computing Student Demographics at Tufts

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the scientific computing majors at Tufts University.

Tufts Computational Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of scientific computing bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical scientific computing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Tufts since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its scientific computing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tufts University with a bachelor's in scientific computing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Tufts Computational Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of scientific computing master's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% women graduate in scientific computing each year. Tufts does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 17% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tufts University with a master's in scientific computing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Scientific Computing Grads May Go Into

A degree in scientific computing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Tufts University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Computer Workers	11,190	$92,110
Natural Sciences Managers	4,040	$183,490

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.