Tacoma, Washington · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Midsize city
Overview
Located in Tacoma, Washington, University of Puget Sound is a private nonprofit four-year institution. The campus sits in a midsize city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,864, made up of 1,594 undergraduates and 270 graduate students.
University of Puget Sound offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 61 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Biological and Physical Sciences, and Psychology, General. It awarded 471 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
84% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.
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 cocurricular, 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.
Key figures
1,864
Students enrolled
84%
First-year retention
471
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
61
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusHybrid
Program levels
BachelorMasterProfessional
Programs and majors offered 61
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
84%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
358
Master's degrees
55
Professional doctorates
58
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
1,864
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,594
Graduate students, fall 2024
270
Full-time, fall 2024
96%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,948
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,661
Graduate students, 2024-25
287
Full-time, 2024-25
94%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
59%
Men
41%
White
65%
Hispanic or Latino
11%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
8%
Two or more races
9%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Students studying fully online
1%
Students taking some online courses
4%
Campus and services
Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Northwest Conference
President
Isiaah Crawford
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit