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Puget Sound Demographics & Diversity Report

Many schools pride themselves on their diversity, but what does that mean, really? College Factual analyzed the data to learn how diverse the standard college campus really is, including race, gender, the ages of the students, and where they're from. Keep reading the Puget Sound diversity report to see how they stack up against the average.

• Student Population
• Racial/Ethnic Diversity
• Male/Female Diversity
• Location Diversity
• Student Age Diversity

Puget Sound Student Population

How Many Students Attend University of Puget Sound?

Puget Sound total enrollment is approximately 2,130 students. 1,830 are undergraduates and 221 are graduate students.

Puget Sound Undergraduate Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Undergraduates

The full-time Puget Sound undergraduate population is made up of 60% women, and 40% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

Puget Sound Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	1,199
Hispanic	194
Multi-Ethnic	167
Asian	143
Unknown	56
Black or African American	44
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	12
International	10

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

Puget Sound Graduate Student Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Graduate Students

About 81% of full-time grad students are women, and 19% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

Puget Sound Racial-Ethnic Breakdown of Graduate Students

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	141
Hispanic	29
Asian	27
Multi-Ethnic	12
Unknown	7
Black or African American	2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
International	0

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

Racial/Ethnic Diversity

Puget Sound Racial Demographics:

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	1,401
Hispanic	226
Multi-Ethnic	184
Asian	175
Unknown	67
Black or African American	46
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	13
International	10

High Racial/Ethnic Diversity Among Faculty

University of Puget Sound Faculty Racial/Ethnic Demographics:

Ethnicity	Number of Faculty
White	594
Asian	51
Black or African American	45
Multi-Ethnic	33
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	7
Hispanic	0
International	0
Unknown	0

Learn more about the faculty at Puget Sound.

Puget Sound Male/Female Diversity

This school is more popular with women than with men.

There are approximately 1,304 female students and 826 male students at Puget Sound.

Close to Even Balance of Male & Female Teachers

Reporting of the gender of Puget Sound is unknown or unavailable.

There are more female teachers than male teachers at this school.

More about Puget Sound faculty.

There are approximately 497 female teachers and 356 male teachers.

High Geographic Diversity

Puget Sound ranks 112 out of 2,183 when it comes to geographic diversity.

81.25% of Puget Sound students come from out of state, and 0.3% come from out of the country.

The undergraduate student body is split among 37 states (may include Washington D.C.). Click on the map for more detail.

Top 5 States

State	Amount
California	223
Washington	126
Oregon	72
Colorado	60
Hawaii	26

International Students at Puget Sound

Students from 9 countries are represented at this school, with the majority of the international students coming from China, Canada, and South Korea.

Learn more about international students at Puget Sound.

Above Average Student Age Diversity

The age diversity score this school received indicates it is doing a good job attracting students of all ages.

A traditional college student is defined as being between the ages of 18-21. At Puget Sound, 80.30% of students fall into that category, compared to the national average of 60%.

Student Age Group	Amount
18-19	1,110
20-21	1,059
22-24	275
25-29	133
30-34	52
35 and over	39
Under 18	0

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services

• National Center for Education Statistics

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

• Image Credit: By Joe Mabel under License

• Read College Factual's Diversity Ranking Methodology.