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After Puget Sound
Loggers are remaking the world doing work that matters.
90%
of Class of 2019 are employed, continuing their education, or engaged in public service
75+
students pursue funded research each year
11:1
student-to-faculty ratio
80%
acceptance rate to medical school (4-year average for HPA applicants)
200+
national post-grad scholarships and fellowships
100%
2022 acceptance rate for HPA applicants to dental, nursing, reproductive medicine & OT/PT programs
Alumni
"I have been very successful in my career relative to others of my age and experience. I attribute this to the liberal arts degree I earned at Puget Sound. In today’s economy, positions have been combined across fields, and having a liberal arts-based science degree is the best way to tackle modern challenges."
Alumni
Jessica Bruce '08
"As a student I recognized the importance of taking advantage of as many opportunities as possible to broaden my exposure and develop my resume. I interned for two summers in Washington D.C. with the Census Bureau and State Department. I also worked for the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, a non-profit that does investment in the community..."
Alumni
Jessica Dyck '18
"The ability for me to be able to critically think about global health inequities and the challenges that the world faces when it comes to policy making and funding of healthcare gives me perspective when I am working in my community."
Alumni
Jacki Ward Kehrwald '10
"I was able to apply the participant observation method to contortion and acrobatics for my Watson project. I was able to participate in the training methods and also to look at the culture of the people around me and how their arts and training interacted with culture.”
What’s Happening Now
June
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Puget Sound Book Artists Annual Exhibit
August
2024
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Tacoma Regional Alumni Club - Night at the Rainiers!
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2024
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Move-in Day for New Students
August
2024
30
Passages New Student Orientation
June
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Alumni + Family
Arts
Campus
Community
Puget Sound Book Artists Annual Exhibit
Annual exhibit of the Puget Sound Book Artists. This will be the 13th year the Collins Library has hosted this exhibit of…
August
2024
2
Alumni + Family
Tacoma Regional Alumni Club - Night at the Rainiers!
The University of Puget Sound Tacoma Regional Alumni Club invites you and your family to join fellow Loggers for a night at…
August
2024
23
Alumni + Family
Move-in Day for New Students
Annual move-in day for incoming first year and transfer students. This is the first day of Passages Orientation for new…
August
2024
30
Alumni + Family
Passages New Student Orientation
At Puget Sound, Passages is the community experience for all new and transfer students entering Puget Sound. The program is…
