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    Founded in 1888, University of Puget Sound is an independent, residential, and predominantly undergraduate liberal arts college.

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University of Puget Sound is a leading liberal arts university in the dynamic Pacific Northwest, offering a rigorous, flexible education that gives students the freedom to explore and shape their studies, supported every step of the way by mentors and advisors. Whether you know your path or have yet to discover it, we can help you pursue a life of purpose and impact.

Why Puget Sound?

01 At Puget Sound, it's personal.
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03 Be challenged AND supported.
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05 Paying for college.
At Puget Sound, it's personal.
At Puget Sound, it's personal.

We come from different places and experiences, and no two journeys are the same. Explore a rigorous education that offers you the freedom to follow your own path.

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A reputation for excellence.
A reputation for excellence.

Ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Kiplinger, Forbes, The Princeton Review, and more.

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Be challenged AND supported.
Be challenged AND supported.

Our campus in Tacoma’s residential north end is built to foster collaboration and connections with cutting-edge researchers and scholars, trusted mentors and advisors, and lifelong friends.

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Get real experience.
Get real experience.

An education isn’t something you get—it’s something you do. Experience the joy of encountering ideas, making connections, generating new knowledge, and putting your education to work.

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Paying for college.
Paying for college.

We invest in your success financially, too. 100% of undergraduates receive financial aid, and first-year students admitted with a GPA of 3.6 or above will, at minimum, earn a Dean’s Scholarship of $23,000 per year.

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Loggers are remaking the world doing work that matters.
  • 90%

    of Class of 2019 are employed, continuing their education, or engaged in public service

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    students pursue funded research each year

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    student-to-faculty ratio

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    acceptance rate to medical school

  • 200+

    national post-grad scholarships and fellowships

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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."

Jessica Bruce '08
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..."

Jessica Dyck '18
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."

Jacki Ward Kehrwald '10
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.”

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The Business of Baseball

And while some of it has to do with the Loggers’ on-field success in the sport, much has to do with what happens in the classroom. “The vast majority…

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Listen to Hallie

Bateman ’11 explains that, according to her mother, Alive people are present and a “…

Zak Kallenborn ’13

Drone Swarms and More

Zak Kallenborn ’13 The biographical blurb on the “About” page of Zak Kallenborn’s…

Amanda Diaz ’18

Standing Up for Immigrants

Amanda Díaz ’18 In her first month at Puget Sound, Amanda Díaz ’18 learned in class…

Regina Kearney Glenn ’70, MBA'71

Most Likely To Lead

Regina Kearney Glenn ’70, MBA’71 It was the late 1960s and Regina Kearney Glenn ’70,…

Arlene Smith ’08

Taking Play Seriously

IT’S ALL THAT  Flow arts includes dance, juggling, fire spinning, and object…

Kristen Bor ’05, photo courtesy of Kristen Bor ’05

Making Her Own Road

OUTDOOR LIFE Kristen Bor ’05 has been living in a van and working from the road for six…

Neal Berntsen ’82, photo ©Todd Rosenberg Photography

A Musical Career

ALL IN THE FAMILY Neal Berntsen ’82 is one of three siblings to have studied music at…

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PT Doc for Elite Skiers

TOP DOC Torey Anderson DPT'18 is head physical therapist for the U.S. Women’s Alpine…

Alexey Rudolph Root ’83, photo courtesy of Alexey Rudolph Root ’83

Chess Champion and Author

CHESS EXPERT Alexey Rudolph Root ’83, a former U.S. women’s chess champ, now teaches…

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University of Puget Sound Graduate Among First Peace Corps Volunteers To Return to Service Overseas

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound graduate Avalena Everard ’20 is among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return t...
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Puget Sound Student Gives a Voice to People Behind Bars

Nola Thury ’22 was a first-year student when they attended their first event at the Northwest Detention Center. Surprised to...
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First-Year Inside Puget Sound Begins

August 2022 31 — September 2022 2

LogJam!

August 2022 8

First-Year Inside Puget Sound Begins

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August 2022 31 — September 2022 2

LogJam!

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@pugetsoundbiology

Weiss Lab #TeamSceloporus member Henry Norton (image 1) is examining tritrophic interactions, studying whether insectivorous lizards respond to chemical cues emitted by plants when they are getting chewed on by insect herbivores. He is testing this idea with field behavior trials (image 2), which en...

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  Where it all started #AlwaysALogger

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University of Puget Sound Summer Reunion Weekend! #summer #reunion #college #universityofpugetsound

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@pugetsoundbiology

  Anna Dupont decided to turn her 1000 mile canoe trip along the upper Yukon river into a research trip by examining water quality and microplastics all along the river to see if there is variation in water quality close and far from settlements. On her 6-week river trip, she collected over 50 sampl...

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@mariettelynn_creative

True story: I picked my university from the campus brochure photos. I chose the pacific northwest because I knew without knowing that my love of trees, green and nature would be amplified and fulfilled here. Almost 20 years later that feeling returned. It felt great to see the campus again and exper...

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@pugetsoundbiology

The Thines and Madlung labs (combined 11 of us) went to this year’s annual Plant Biology Conference in Portland, OR, in early July. We rented an AirBnB (with BBQ grill), saw talks from some of the world's leading plant biologists, and presented our data to the (plant-)world. #pugetsoundbiology #univ...

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