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University Of Puget Sound

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The University aims 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.

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School Overview:

	University Of Puget Sound
County	Pierce County, WA
Title IV Eligible	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level	4 or more years
Institution Control	Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate	2,499 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	40 students
Full-Time Graduate	188 students
Part-Time Graduate	72 students

Total Enrollment	2,799 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	1,641 students
Tuition	$33,780
Tuition Notes	2008-2009 Undergradu
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	88%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	19%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$4,289
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	23%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$4,100
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	83%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$13,145
% Students Receiving Loans	57%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$8,196

School Notes:

The University of Puget Sound is an independent predominantly residential undergraduate liberal arts college with selected graduate programs building effectively on a liberal arts foundation. The University, as a community of learning, maintains a strong commitment to teaching excellence, scholarly engagement, and fruitful student-faculty interaction.
Puget Sound blends study in traditional liberal arts disciplines (the arts, humanities, and natural and social sciences) with opportunities for discovery at the intersections of knowledge. Puget Sound offers distinctive interdisciplinary programs in Honors; Asian Studies; International Political Economy; and Science, Technology and Society, just to name a few. Whether in the classroom or laboratory, on stage, or in the gallery, through academic internships or via projects in the greater community, students will find ample avenues for communicating ideas and testing your theories. Over 1,200 courses in 40 major programs, research study summers, popular theme houses, language program houses, frequent campus lectures and seminars, and academic-residential programs provide a rigorous intellectual framework for study. Puget Sound students are also eligible to be selected for membership in the honor societies of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Mortar Board.
The University of Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of only two independent colleges in Washington granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honorary. In addition, graduating seniors at Puget Sound have received Watson Fellowships at a rate of better than one per year and have earned nearly a dozen Fulbright awards in the last four years.
Profile last updated: 06/04/2008.

In the News:

A year later, Corey Obungen is still fighting the fight (Federal Way Mirror)
posted on July 26, 2011 at 05:08:45 pm
It’s been a little over a year since Corey Obungen’s life changed in the blink of an eye. It was June 6, 2010, and the Todd Beamer High School graduate had recently finished his first year at the University of Puget Sound. The 11-letter winner at Beamer was preparing for his second season on the Logger football team as an undersized defensive back.
University of Puget Sound names 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients (Tacoma Daily Index)
posted on June 1, 2011 at 08:04:57 pm
The University of Puget Sound's 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients include (clockwise from top left) C. Mark Smith, Seema Sueko Ahmed Hirsch, Lowell Daun, Ellen Ferguson, Patrick Erwin, and Ted Meriam.
UPS names 2011 distinguished alumni honorees (South Sound Business Examiner)
posted on May 31, 2011 at 11:18:38 pm
University of Puget Sound has selected recipients of its 2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards, which honor graduates who make exemplary contributions to their local community, their profession or their alma mater.The six distinguished alumni will be recognized at the Reunion Weekend Dinner and Distinguished Alumni Award Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. June 4 in Memorial Fieldhouse on campus. ...
Fellowships allow talented UPS grads to follow their dreams (Tacoma News Tribune)
posted on May 29, 2011 at 07:31:29 am
It’s the ultimate college dream – spend a year traveling the world, doing what you love to do, and having someone pay you for it. Beginning this summer, it’ll be reality for Margaret Shelton and Jacki Ward, recent University of Puget Sound graduates who have each just won a prestigious $25,000 Watson Fellowship. VIDEO: See contortionist Jacki Ward in action
Paid to follow their dreams (The Olympian)
posted on May 29, 2011 at 06:49:46 am
It’s the ultimate college dream – spend a year traveling the world, doing what you love to do, and having someone pay you for it. Beginning this summer, it’ll be reality for Margaret Shelton and Jacki Ward, recent University of Puget Sound graduates who have each just won a prestigious $25,000 Watson Fellowship.