Tufts vs. Amherst

circuitrider
Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:07:14 +0000

Tufts isn’t just “somewhat” bigger than Amherst, it’s about quadruple the size of Amherst, even if you don’t count the graduate students on its Medford campus. Amherst operates from within more of a campus bubble than Tufts. Thats true of most LACs and some people find it appealing. Tufts, like many eastern state, private universities, started out as a LAC, but I think its proximity to Boston may be a confounding factor.