students have the opportunity to take a community service-based gap year before starting academics. Projects undertaken by Bridge Year Fellows involve serving as mentors and teachers to children, caring for rescued wild animals, contributing to renewable energy and sustainability projects. As of 2016, projects are based in Brazil, Nicaragua, and Spain.
== Academics ==
=== Rankings ===
In the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking, Tufts ranked 37th in the nation.
Forbes ranked the undergraduate school 36th among private colleges in its 2024-25 America's Top Colleges ranking, which includes 500 military academies, national universities, and liberal arts colleges. Tufts University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Tufts was named by Newsweek as one of the "25 New Ivies" in 2006. In The Princeton Review's 2010–2011 "Best 363 Colleges", Tufts was ranked 14th for the happiest students and its study abroad program was ranked third in the country. According to the October …
