University of Puget Sound
Location: Tacoma, WA (urban, mid-sized city)
Size: 1,866 students
Avg percent need-met: 82%
Acceptance rate: 88%
Middle 50% ACT: 27-32 **Test Optional**
Middle 50% SAT: 1150-1370 **Test Optional**
U Puget Sound has a strong academic culture with laidback people. They boast an excellent science program, with small discussion-based classes. Professors are dedicated and engaged, there is a wide variety of courses, and students are intellectually critical and socially conscious. Classes take up a lot of time, but students relax on weekends on their stunning campus close to the water and metro areas.
Popular majors / known for: Business, Psychology, Political Science, Biology
Academic approach: Liberal arts with some graduate programs
Campus tradition: On the First Friday of the Fall term, Puget Sound celebrates the beginning of the year with an all-campus festival – First Friday LogJam! – with food, entertainment, and athletic and carnival activities on Todd Field
Check out campus photos here!
Merit Aid Opportunities
46% of non-need students receive merit aid, with the average offer being $23,325. Merit-based scholarships range up to $30,000 a year
Academic Scholarships: All incoming undergraduates are considered for the Alumni, Faculty, Dean's, President's, or Trustee scholarships. No separate scholarship application is required.
Talent Scholarships: Puget Sound offers scholarships to incoming full-time undergraduates for performance excellence in music, theatre, art, and forensics. Students interested in being considered for these awards must submit additional applications by January 15th.
Merit scholarships range from $15,000 to $25,000 a year, each year, renewable for up to five years. Renewable academic scholarships range up to 30,000 a year
There are two full tuition scholarships: the Lillis and the Matelich, which require an additional application due December 15th
Lillis Foundation Scholarships go to two first-year students who combine "extraordinary promise in academics and scholarship“
Matelich Scholarships go to two first-year students who "demonstrate a capacity for a life of leadership and sustained personal growth."
Application Details
RD deadline: January 15th
Early Action deadline: November 1st
Supplemental essays: None
Application fee: $65
On Common App: Yes
CSS profile: N/A
Interviews: Considered
School also featured in: West Coast Schools