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    About Puget Sound

    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.
02 A reputation for excellence.
03 Be challenged AND supported.
04 Get real experience.
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

  • 11:1

    student-to-faculty ratio

  • 80%

    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.”

Maria Kolby-Wolfe ’92

To Make It Better

COMMON THREAD  Equal access is a theme running through the varied nonprofits where…

Adam Willard ’03. Photo by Justin Knight

A Chemist After All

When Adam Willard ’03 emerged from high school in Bend, Ore., and prepared to enroll at Puget Sound as a pre-med major, he hated chemistry so much…

Julie Davidson ’96

6th Avenue Brewer

In March 2020, Julie Davidson ’96 made a pivot. A certified facilitator, coach, and consultant—and president and CEO of her own consulting company,…

J.T. Hartman ’19. Photo: Quinn Martell ’20

A Passion for Whitewater

Growing up in North Bend, Wash., J.T. Hartman ’19 spent time in and around rivers, but not paddling them. That changed when he was 12 and a family…

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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…

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After nearly 50 years, University of Puget Sound graduate completes his degree

Ted Parker ’22 fully intended to finish his bachelor’s degree when he first enrolled at University of Puget Sound in the fal...
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University of Puget Sound Awarded $109,000 Sustaining Public Engagement Grant

TACOMA, Wash. – University of Puget Sound was awarded an ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) Sustaining Public Enga...
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School of Occupational Therapy 2022 Evidence Symposium

May 2022 13

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May 2022 13

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May 2022 14

Convocation

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May 2022 12
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School of Occupational Therapy 2022 Evidence Symposium

Join us for the 2022 School of Occupational Therapy Evidence Symposium. Collaboratively working together in small groups, th...

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May 2022 13

Board of Trustees Open Session Business Meeting

This is meeting is open to all current university students, faculty, and staff members.

May 2022 13

Class of 2022 graduation party, 8 p.m.

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May 2022 14

Convocation

Faculty Speaker for Academic Convocation – Lotus Perry Our faculty speaker, Lotus Perry, is a longtime instructor in the Asi...

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My students cleaned up. Tears and more tears. Group award for ASAC. And 3 additional individual awards for Silas, Donovan and Kalina! Student athletes of color bringing it this year! The joy!

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Not the worst way to spend a Saturday…

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@campusvisitpeeps

🚨Last chance!!🚨Apply to be a tour guide- applications close tonight!

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@astarfishnamedleroy

  Officially throwing for University of Puget Sound Track & Field!

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@matthewbowker_music

Playing bass saxophone and West Side Story?! Sounds like a great birthday to me! I had such an amazing experience playing with the CBDNA Intercollegiate Band this week. Unfortunately, The University of Puget Sound wouldn’t let me keep the bass sax as a birthday gift… @pugetsoundmusic @univpugetsound...

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Once a Logger, Always a Logger. 🪓❤️🐻 #MaroonFriday #GoLoggers See you next Friday? 👀

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