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University of Puget Sound is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

$44,888 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
88% Acceptance Rate

Where Is University of Puget Sound?

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Contact details for Puget Sound are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1500 N. Warner Street, Tacoma, WA 98416
Phone: 253-879-3100
Website: www.pugetsound.edu

How Do I Get Into Puget Sound?

You can apply to Puget Sound online at: www.pugetsound.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Puget Sound

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Puget Sound?

88% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
31% Submit SAT Scores
Since Puget Sound has an acceptance rate of 88%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to Puget Sound submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 700. Math scores were between 570 and 670.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Puget Sound  ( 580 to 700 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Puget Sound  ( 570 to 670 )
200
800
Puget Sound received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 34. Math scores were between 26 and 30. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

ACT English Scores for University of Puget Sound  ( 26 to 34 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for University of Puget Sound  ( 26 to 30 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Puget Sound  ( 26 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Puget Sound?

$44,888 Net Price
40% Take Out Loans
0.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Puget Sound is $44,888. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Puget Sound, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $6,898 a year. That adds up to $27,592 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Puget Sound is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Puget Sound Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,835 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,866 undergraduate students at Puget Sound, with 1,835 being full-time and 31 being part-time.

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There are also 307 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,835 full-time undergraduates at Puget Sound, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Puget Sound students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 140
Black or African American 48
Hispanic or Latino 216
White 1,197
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 229

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at University of Puget Sound. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at Puget Sound. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and South Korea.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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