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**

The University of Puget Sound has a strong academic culture and laid back 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

Fun fact / campus tradition: Every spring, seniors line up at the Color Post, a 12-foot granite obelisk with a record for each graduating class, before proceeding to commencement

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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: Good Merit Aid

Page last updated: May 2022