Tufano graduated from Harvard University where he obtained his AB (1979), MBA (1984) and PhD (1989) degrees.

[5] The school's current Financial Times MBA global ranking is 21 as of 2020,[6] representing an 8 place drop from the prior year.

[7] The school's current QS GLobal MBA Ranking is 16 as of 2020, representing a drop of 4 from the prior year.

[10] Tufano has recently lauded his accomplishments in attracting more women and Africans to the program, quoting "they are amazing".

[12] In this same interview, there were unsubstantiated claims that Peter Tufano was in the running for the next dean of Harvard Business School.