College of the week: University of Puget Sound

University of Puget Sound is a leading liberal arts university in the dynamic Pacific Northwest (Tacoma, WA), offering a rigorous, flexible education that gives students the freedom to explore and shape their studies, supported every step of the way by mentors and advisors. Whether you know your path or have yet to discover it, we can help you pursue a life of purpose and impact. The northwest offers recreational opportunities in the mountains, 30 miles from campus and on the Sound, three miles away. Its 97-acre campus, with Tudor Gothic red brick buildings constructed during the 1950s and 1960s, is located in Tacoma, 35 miles from Seattle. (https://www.pugetsound.edu/)

The student-faculty ratio at University of Puget Sound is 10:1, and the school has 67.8% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 82%. (https://www.usnews.com/bes.../university-of-puget-sound-3797)

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