Located in the pristine Pacific Northwest, the University of Puget Sound offers students both the urban amenities of local Tacoma and nearby Seattle, as well as access to a variety of outdoor activities, such as kayaking and hiking. Puget Sound might further appeal to those interested in environmental activism, as it supports a campus-wide sustainability program. Within this dynamic context, the college provides its students a broad-based, liberal arts education that focuses on critical thinking and writing skills. Students also benefit from the School of Music and the School of Business. Puget Sound seeks to create a diverse and welcoming campus community that will cultivate “effective citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.” The mission of the University is to develop in its students the capacities for critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgment, and apt expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. A Puget Sound education, both academic and co-curricular, encourages a rich knowledge of self and others, an appreciation of commonality and difference, the full, open, and civil discussion of ideas, thoughtful moral discourse, and the integration of learning, preparing the University’s graduates to meet the highest tests of democratic citizenship. The University of Puget Sound is an independent, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1888 and located in Tacoma, Washington. 

 

 

ACADEMICS
full-time faculty                                                             228
full-time minority faculty                                               n/a
student-faculty ratio                                                    11:1
average class size                                                        n/a
% first-year retention rate                                              86
% graduation rate (6 years)                                          77
Popular majors Business Administration/ Management, Psychology, English Language and Literature, Biology, International Political Economy

 

CAMPUS LIFE
% live on campus (% freshmen)                       60 (98)
Multicultural student clubs and organizations Asian and Pacific American Student Union, B-GLAD, Black Student Union, Community for Hispanic Awareness, First Nations, Hui-O-Hawai’i, International Club, Jewish Students Organization, Muslim Student Alliance, Pagan Student Alliance, Religious Organizations Council, Vagina Anti-
Violence Alliance, Vox
Athletics NCAA Division III, Northwest Conference  More on Athletics

 

 

 

 

ADMISSIONS
# of applicants                                                          5580
% accepted                                                                    65
# of first-year students enrolled                               676
SAT Critical Reading range                              570-675
SAT Math range                                                   570-665
SAT Writing                                                           560-660
ACT range                                                                 25-29
average HS GPA                                                         3.52
Deadlines
early decision I application                                    11/15
early decision II application                                        1/2
regular admission                                                     2/15
application fee                                                             $50
fee waiver for applicants 
       with financial need                                               yes 

 

COST & AID
tuition                                                                      $35,440
room & board                                                          $9,190
total need-based institutional 
     scholarships/grants                               $30,195,815
% of students apply for

     need-based aid                                                         68
% of students receive aid                                             80
% receiving need-based scholarship
     or grant aid                                                                  98
% receiving aid whose need was
     fully met                                                                       28
average aid package                                           $26,047
avg. student loan debt upon graduation          $27,648