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1500 N. Warner St. #1014
Tacoma, WA 98416-1014

Jones 212

253-879-3104
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The Common Data Set (CDS)

The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort between publishers and educational institutions to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided to all involved in a student's transition into higher education. PDF files containing Puget Sound's most recent submissions of the Common Data Set are provided.

Common Data Set 2022-23 (New 2.1.2023)

Prior years:

Common Data Set 2021-22
Common Data Set 2020-21
Common Data Set 2019-20
Common Data Set 2018-19
Common Data Set 2017-18
Common Data Set 2016-17
Common Data Set 2015-16

Sound Reports

Sound Reports are our internal reports for Puget Sound faculty and staff to use for decision-making or as a source for data needed in filling out external reports for their areas.

Please visit our Sound Reports page for more information.

Student Achievement Measures

This document examines both equity gaps and peer institution comparisons on several dimensions of student achievement. It was originally part of our 2021 mid-cycle accreditation review, but is publicly available here.

Student Achievement Measures (2020-2021)

The UCAN Report

This link provides Puget Sound's information on the University and College Accountability Network (UCAN) web site, a national initiative designed to give prospective students concise, comparable, consumer-friendly information on individual private colleges and universities.

UCAN Report

Federal Codes & Classifications

This information is to help employees in filling out area reports or to assist the public in looking the University of Puget Sound up in various federal Department of Education data repositories.

FICE ID (Federal School Code for FAFSA): 
003797

OPE ID:
00379700

IPEDS ID: 
236328

Carnegie Classification:
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

Comparison Institutions

Peer institutions are used to compare campus performance with institutions of similar characteristics (e.g., mission, size, endowment, etc.). Puget Sound's current comparison institutions and their locations are listed below.

Peer Institutions

 

Allegheny College | Meadville, Pennsylvania

Linfield College - McMinnville Campus | McMinnville, Oregon

Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Occidental College | Los Angeles, California

Beloit College  | Beloit, Wisconsin

Pitzer College | Claremont, California

Connecticut College | New London, Connecticut

Reed College | Portland, Oregon

Denison University | Granville, Ohio

St. Lawrence University  | Canton, New York

Dickinson College | Carlisle, Pennsylvania

St. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota

Hendrix College | Conway, Arkansas

Trinity University  | San Antonio, Texas

Kenyon College | Gambier, Ohio

University of Portland | Portland, Oregon

Knox College  | Galesburg, Illinois

Whitman College | Walla Walla, Washington

Lewis and Clark College | Portland, Oregon

Willamette University  | Salem, Oregon

Pacific Northwest Peer Institutions

Residential liberal arts institutions in the Pacific Northwest.

Lewis & Clark College | Portland, Oregon

Whitman College | Walla Walla, Washington

Reed College | Portland, Oregon

Willamette University | Salem, Oregon

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