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Acceptance Rate

72.3%

Total Profiles

6

SAT Range

1170–1380

User Accept Rate

83.3%

Tuition

$59,900

Undergrad Enrollment

1,631

Applicants

5,548

Yield Rate

10.9%

Student:Faculty

10:1

Applicant Profiles

Includes estimated profiles based on IPEDS data. Contribute yours to improve accuracy.

Class of 2025ACCEPTED
GPA
3.11
SAT
ACT
33
Round: ED
Class of 2025ACCEPTED
GPA
3.25
SAT
1230
ACT
Round: ED2
Class of 2025ACCEPTED
GPA
3.42
SAT
1280
ACT
Round: REA
Class of 2025WAITLISTED
GPA
3.31
SAT
1300
ACT
29
Round: EA
Class of 2025ACCEPTED
GPA
3.16
SAT
ACT
32
Round: RD
Class of 2025ACCEPTED
GPA
2.96
SAT
ACT
33
Round: EA

What you pay

$38,394/ yr

Average net price after grants & scholarships — about $153,576 over four years.

What grads earn

$53,792/ yr

Median earnings 4 years after completion$50,267 adjusted to national cost of living (local prices 7% above average).

A graduate’s first-year earnings cover the four-year net cost in roughly 2.9 years of pay.

81% of students out-earn a typical high-school graduate (about $28,500) within 10 years.

Field of study

Earnings & debt by major

Opportunity Insights

Economic mobility

Access

2.3%

from the bottom income fifth

Success

32%

of them reach the top fifth

Mobility rate

0.7%

move bottom → top

The mobility rate is how many of University of Puget Sound’s students both start in the bottom income fifth and reach the top — a measure of who the school lifts, not just who it admits.

IPEDS

Net price by family income

Under $30k$23,643
$30–48k$23,133
$48–75k$31,649
$75–110k$34,870
Over $110k$45,456

Average net price paid by federally-aided students, by family income bracket.

Completion & debt

Finishing & paying back

Grad rate · 8 yr

74%

Completion · all

73%

Completion · Pell

66%

Repaying debt · 3 yr

82%

Median debt

$25,000

Classification

Four-year, small, highly residential

Application Funnel

Applied
5,548
Admitted
4,23276.3%
Enrolled
46311% yield
Clery Act

Campus Safety

Reported 2024
CategoryOn-CampusResidence HallNon-CampusPublic Property
Fondling1
Motor Vehicle Theft7
Rape6

Source: DOE Campus Safety and Security data, reported under the Clery Act.

EADA

Athletics

Title IX participation60% / 40%
MenWomen

Men's

Baseball47Basketball17Football93Golf10Rowing7Soccer34Swimming22Tennis13Track & Field54

Women's

Basketball14Golf6Lacrosse14Rowing20Soccer26Softball18Swimming20Tennis9Track & Field42Volleyball28
Research Activity
FY 2024
$1Mtotal R&D expenditure#646 in US

Popular Majors (Bachelor's)

Business Administration and Management, General55 grads
Psychology, General33 grads
Biology/Biological Sciences, General26 grads
Speech Communication and Rhetoric24 grads
Sociology and Anthropology22 grads
Kinesiology and Exercise Science20 grads
Economics, General18 grads
Biological and Physical Sciences17 grads
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology15 grads
Computer Science13 grads

4yr Grad Rate

67%

6yr Grad Rate

74%

Retention Rate

84%

Median Earnings

$69,594