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University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,594 students · mostly bachelor degrees
79th-cheapest of 83 Washington colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$38,394
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$78,378
Graduation rate
68%
Admission rate
72%
Median graduate earnings
$69,594
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$25,000
Average SAT
1296
Median ACT
29
Pell grant recipients
17%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
53 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$98,696Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$85,925Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$81,082Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$79,192Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree68 grads/yr$77,585Education, General · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$77,402Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$75,462College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree8 grads/yr$68,035Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$65,986Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$61,919Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$61,904Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$60,458Baltic Studies · Bachelor's Degree$57,407Education, General · Bachelor's Degree$57,205French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$56,052Biological and Physical Sciences · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$55,690Korean Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$53,792Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$52,645Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$52,278Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$52,234English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$50,690Sociology and Anthropology · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$48,940National Security Policy Studies · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$47,734Musical Theatre · Bachelor's Degree8 grads/yr$46,791Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$46,112
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.