University of Puget Sound


University of Puget Sound

1500 N. Warner Street
Tacoma, WA 98416

Web: http://www.ups.edu

Overview

Type: Private institution
Founded in Year: 1888
Religious Affiliation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,604
Location: Suburban
Endowment: 201,767,000
Application Deadline: February 1
Application Fee: 40
Tuition Fees: 30,425
Room And Board: 7,670

Campus Life

Fraternity: 22%
Dorority: 23%
On-Campus Weekends: 90%
Housing Offered: Yes
Students College Housing: 60%
campus housing: Yes
Types Available: coed dorms (59%), women's dorms (5%), sorority housing (8%), fraternity housing (8%), special housing for disabled students (0%), other housing options (20%)
High Speed Internet: 100%
Campus Size: 97 acres
Nearest Airport: Sea-Tac
Nearest Train: Tacoma
NearestBus: Tacoma
Public Transport: Yes
Cars Permitted: Yes
School Employment: Yes
Average Undergrad Earnings: 2,000
Alcohol Permitted: Yes
Additional Policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, other
Popular Events: Diversity Theme Year, First Friday Log Jam, Homecoming, Campus Music Network Concerts, Cultural Events Series, Hawaiian Luau, Pierce Lectures, Film and Theatre Society, Foolish Pleasures Student Film Festival, Infinite Monkeys Theatre Festival

Extra-Curricular

Student Activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, yearbook
Numer Of Organizations: 72
Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Mortar Board, numerous discipline-specific honoraries
Religious Organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Catholic Campus Ministry, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Christian Science Organization, Jewish Student Organization, LDS at Puget Sound, Lighthouse, Pagan Student Alliance, United Methodist Fellowship, Religious Organizations Council, Bahai Club, Buddhist Student Group, Muslim Student Association
International Organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Black Student Union, Asian and Pacific American Student Union, Community for Hispanic Awareness, Empowering People of Color, Hui-O-Hawaii, International Club, Mixed Race Generation, Womens Voices, Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Allies for Diversity (BGLAD), First Nations
Other Organizations:
Student Papers:

Services

Basic: nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, other
Remedial Teaching: study skills
Counseling: minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Career: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other
Firms: Microsoft, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, Russell Investment Group, Japan Consulate, Peace Corps, Hitachi Consulting, Teach for America, Ames International, Guy Carpenter, Quellos
Library Facilities: University Archives, Special Collections (History of Science), Student Diversity Center; Abby Williams Hill Digital Painting Collection
Museums: Art gallery, sculpture building (completed September 2003), natural history museum, greenhouse, transmission and scanning electron microscopes, spectrophotometer, X-ray diffractometer and spectrometer, microcomputer lab, sedimentology lab, thin section preparation equipment, stereoscopic and petrographic microscopes, a computerized plotting/digitizing board and an image analysis system, portable seismograph, gravimeter, proton precession magnetometer, Global Positioning System, electrical resistivity meter, rock and mineral collection, exercise science lab, observatory, paleomagnetic & X-ray Lab, physiology labs, Spectrometer Gas Chromatography Mass Spectral Detector (GCMS), Automated DNA Sequencer, Arboretum, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer, Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) mass spectrometer
Computers Available In: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Student Webpages: Yes
Campus Safety: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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