I loved my time at Tufts for an art history MA. It's an excellent program. Made some life-long friends. Top notch, brilliant faculty who give MA students time and attention, second year assistantships are for the large part not very much time commitment but nice paychecks, if you're contemporary there are opportunities to work at Tufts' contemporary art institution. I was also choosing between two programs at the time, and leveraged that to secure more funding from Tufts. Sometimes sending a nice diplomatic email (in which the main goal is to work together, you and Tufts, to find the most optimal decision) can go far in negotiating more funding. With the additional funding I received, plus a bit of my savings, but mostly $ from my part-time jobs while at Tufts (totally doable! and honestly a much needed break from studying sometimes), I didn't have to take out loans. If you DM me I'd be happy to share with you the exact email I sent to negotiate more funding.