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The University of Puget Sound is an independent, residential, undergraduate college founded in 1888. Mission The mission of the university is to develop in its students capacities for critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgment, and apt expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. A Puget Sound education, both academic and co-curricular, encourages a rich knowledge of self and others; an appreciation of commonality and difference; the full, open, and civil discussion of ideas; thoughtful moral discourse; and the integration of learning, preparing the university's graduates to meet the highest tests of democratic citizenship. Such an education seeks to liberate each person's fullest intellectual and human potential to assist in the unfolding of creative and useful lives. Location Tacoma, Washington, 45 minutes from Seattle in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Athletics NCAA Division III, Northwest Conference. 23 varsity sports, Intramural and Club sports also available. |
Student Profile 2,600 undergraduate students from 47 states and territories and 16 countries. 403 ethnic and minority students. Faculty Profile 218 faculty. 11:1 student-faculty ratio. Average class size: 19. Costs and Aid 2005-2006: $28,270 tuition, $7,140 room and board. 89% of students receive some financial aid. Median family income of students receiving financial aid: $74,077. More Distinctions: • The only national liberal arts college in Western Washington, as ranked by US News & World Report. • One of only five independent colleges in the Northwest to be granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's most distinguished academic honorary society. • One of the 100 most wired colleges in the nation, according to “Yahoo Internet Life.” • Listed in Harvard Schmarvard as one of the “Top 100 Schools Worth a Second Look.” |
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