College Overview
Type: |
Private institution |
Year Founded: |
1888 |
Religious Affiliation: |
None |
Academic Calendar: |
Semester |
Undergrad Student Body: |
2,604 |
Local Setting: |
Suburban |
Endowment: |
$201,767,000 |
Application Deadline: |
February 1 |
Application Fee: |
$40 |
Selectivity: |
More selective |
Tuition Costs: |
$30,425 |
Room & Board Costs: |
$7,670 |
Extracurricular Activites
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 |
Student 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: |
(Appears as submitted by school) Associated Students of UPS (including student programs and media); Student representation on all campus committees; Spring Weekend; Family Weekend; Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity; American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Amnesty International; Apple Scruffs; Archery; Artistic Gymnastics League; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); BLP (Business Leadership Program) Student Advisory Board; Breakfast Club; Campus Greens; Club de Nuevo Mexico; Conspiracy of Hope; Consulting Club; CSOC (Comparative Sociology) Club; Cycling Club; Democracy Matters; Earth Advocates; Film and Theatre Society; Football Club; Forum for American Israeli Relations (FAIR); Geology; Habitat for Humanity; Investment Club; Japanese Animation Club (JAUPS); Judo Club; Justice Understanding Solidarity Tolerance (JUST); Lacrosse (men's); Logger Pep Band; Model United Nations/Model European Union; Mortar Board; New Music Society; Organic Gardening Club; Phi Sigma Biology Honors Society; Pool Kayaking Club; Relay for Colleges Against Cancer; Repertory Dance Group (RDG); Republican Majority; Rugby; Service, Patriotism, Understanding, Responsibility, and Sacrifice (SPURS); Sisi Topo Pamoja; Structural Concept; Student Health Awareness Club (SHAC); Student Theatre Productions; Students for Peace and Justice; Swing Out; The Society for the History of Technology and the Sciences (SHOTS); Underground Jazz; University of Puget Sound Club Ice Hockey; University of Puget Sound Stage Musicals; University of Puget Sound Students for Fair Trade (UPSSFT); University of Puget Sound Towards Animal Rights Together (UPSTART); UPS GO; UPS Ski Team; UPS Ultimate Frisbee Club; UPS Writers' Guild; Vagina Anti-Violence Alliance; Voices for Planned Parenthood; Women's Voices; Yoga Club; Young Democrats |
Student Papers: |
(Appears as submitted by school) The Puget Sound Trail (weekly) |
Number of Fraternities: |
4 |
Fraternity Chapter Houses |
4 |
Percent Fraternity Members: |
22% |
Number of Sororities: |
4 |
Sorority Chapter Houses |
4 |
Percent Sorority Members: |
23% |
College Services
Basic: |
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, other |
Remedial: |
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 |
Local Hiring Firms: |
Microsoft, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, Russell Investment Group, Japan Consulate, Peace Corps, Hitachi Consulting, Teach for America, Ames International, Guy Carpenter, Quellos |
Library: |
Yes |
# of Library Books: |
506,419 |
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: |
314 |
Computers At: |
computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
Wired Classrooms |
44 |
Wired Labs: |
240 |
On-Campus Wireless Network: |
Yes |
Wireless Areas: |
in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing |
Wireless Capacity: |
1,000 |
Online Registration: |
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) |
Campus Life
Offers Housing: |
Yes |
Campus Housing: |
Yes |
Off Campus Assistance: |
Yes |
Housing 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%) |
Sprinkler System: |
14% |
Fire Alarms: |
22% |
Campus Size: |
97 acres |
Nearest Airports (miles): |
Sea-Tac (25) |
Nearest Train Stations(miles) |
Tacoma (5) |
Nearest Bus Stations (miles): |
Tacoma (4) |
Cars Permittedt: |
Yes |
Army ROTC |
Offered at cooperating institution (Seattle University @ Pacific Lutheran University) |
Navy ROTC: |
Not offered |
Airforce ROTC: |
Not offered |
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 |
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