For graduating seniors, Commencement represents a range of sentiments that cannot easily be quantified. But in this installment of "By the Numbers," the Daily takes a look at the statistics behind a class that is leaving behind an enormous mark.
14,728 Applicants for admission to the Class of 2008
4,031 Students accepted
1,273 Students enrolled
27 Percentage of applicants accepted
32 Percentage of accepted applicants enrolled
23 Percentage from Massachusetts
36 Percentage from New England
64 Percentage from outside New England
46 States represented
42 Foreign countries represented
12 Percentage of class with an international background
95 Percentage of freshman-to-sophomore retention for the Class of 2008
1368 Average SAT score
50 Percentage of women
50 Percentage of men
7:1 Student-to-faculty ratio in the 2004-2005 school year
$39,998 Total undergraduate tuition and fees for the 2004-2005 school year
$46,860 Total undergraduate tuition and fees for the 2007-2008 school year
-compiled by Carrie Battan with data from the Tufts University Factbook and the Daily archives
