About Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a highly selective liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest. It’s a place where people come together — to learn, to make lasting connections, to plunge into a sea of ideas, and to begin to scale the challenges of the world ahead. An intellectual atmosphere, an energized academic community, a beautiful campus in a vibrant city, and a depth of opportunities to reach out, connect, and explore, Puget Sound is the result of a unique confluence of the elements.
The Academic Program
Curriculum
- Four-year core curriculum in the liberal arts tradition
- More than 40 majors, minors, and interdisciplinary programs
- 1,200 courses offered annually
The People
Students
- 2,600 students, 42% men and 58% women from 48 states and 20 countries; 76% from outside Washington state
- Ethnic/national distribution:
- African American 3%
- Asian/Pacific Islander 9%
- Caucasian 74%
- Hispanic/Latino 4%
- International 1%
- Native American 1%
- Other 8%
Student honors earned
ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation Fellowship
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Boren Scholarship
French Government Scholarship
Fulbright Scholarship
Gillman Scholarship
Hertz Foundation Fellowship
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
National Science Foundation Fellowship
Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship
Rhodes Scholarship
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
Truman Scholarship
Undergraduate Summer Research Grant
Select academic honor societies
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Faculty
- Total faculty: 219
- Hold doctorate or equivalent: 98% of tenure-line faculty
- Full-time: 93%
- Student-faculty ratio: 11 to 1
The Place
Location
- Tacoma, Washington, population approximately 200,000; 35 miles south of Seattle
- Campus located in the residential North End neighborhood, near shopping, downtown, and waterfront
- 97-acre landscaped campus with extensive facilities and varied residential options
The Possibilities
Student Life
- More than 100 wide-ranging organizations and clubs
- Active student government
- Greek-letter organizations
- Residence halls: 9
- On-campus houses: 58
- Theme and foreign language houses: 21
Athletics and Recreation
- NCAA Division III Northwest Conference
- 23 varsity sports
- Varied intramural and club sports
CONTACT INFORMATION
1500 N. Warner, Tacoma, WA 98416
253.879.3100
Featured Student
Jason Schumacher '10
One of the student organizers of the March 2010 National Bioethics Undergraduate Conference, history major Jason Schumacher from Portland, Oregon, is involved in research on the eugenics movement. “The eugenics movement in the first half of the 20th century was a widespread, progressive movement that drew support from all facets of society. When many of its foundational theories were discredited or appropriated for unsavory purposes, it lost support as a movement and vanished into the annals of history, or so we would like to believe. My research delves into the contemporary applications of eugenic thought in court orders, public policy, and non-governmental organizations so that we might realize how prevalent eugenic thought is in our current day and age.” More on the Bioethics Conference.
