Puget Sound’s rigorous, flexible education is rooted in the tradition of the liberal arts—offering you the freedom to explore your passions. Our interdisciplinary and experiential approach prepares students to be engaged citizens, problem solvers, creators, and entrepreneurs.
Puget Sound offers more than 50 traditional and interdisciplinary courses of study in the arts, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Puget Sound offers graduate programs in education, counseling, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and public health.
Puget Sound’s focus on liberal arts education means we put students first. Our students benefit from small class sizes designed to foster deeper discussion and experiential learning opportunities such as research projects and study abroad programs, connecting classroom knowledge to real-world practice across disciplines. A Puget Sound education grounds you in a broad understanding of the arts, sciences, and humanities and challenges you to use critical thinking, academic and experiential learning, and a wide array of intellectual skills to address the challenges of an increasingly complex world.
Over the course of your four years at Puget Sound, you will work with your faculty advisor to:
All Puget Sound students have their strengths, victories, and high points along the way. Here are a few of the ways in which some of our undergraduate students earn honors and accolades through their academic journey.
Puget Sound provides many opportunities to recognize student achievement through membership in academic honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious honor society, Mortar Board, which recognizes college seniors for exemplary scholarship, leadership, and service, and Alpha Alpha Alpha, a national honor society for first-generation college students.
The Dean’s List honors students with grade a point average of 3.70 or higher each semester. To qualify, a student must have three or more graded units, no incomplete grades for the semester, and no withdrawal from an academic course.
Academic Convocation is an annual event to honor students’ exceptional academic achievements. The ceremony takes place during Commencement weekend, but includes honors awarded to students in all class years.
Our graduates go on to make a difference in their communities and around the world. With an 80% average medical school acceptance rate for students participating in Health Professions Advising, a 90% law school acceptance rate, and 84% of the class of 2023 employed, continuing their studies, or serving their community, Loggers leave Puget Sound equipped for success. Our graduate students go on to enjoy fulfilling careers, with exceptionally high first-time pass rates for licensing exams and job placements after graduation.
Many Puget Sound students challenge themselves to apply for national and international fellowships and scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate research and experiences. For several years in a row, Puget Sound has been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. Recent years have also included a number of Watson and Goldwater scholars, as well as various international teaching scholarships. Prestigious post-graduate awards and fellowships earned by our graduates include
