by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of Puget Sound landed the #129 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 15% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. Puget Sound received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, Puget Sound took the #3 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Washington.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Puget Sound came in at #63. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 10% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. Puget Sound was awarded this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge for this accomplishment.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Washington, Puget Sound came in at #2.
The total graduate student population at Puget Sound is made up of 80.6% women and 19.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 32.8% of the graduate student population at Puget Sound. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $36,047 | $36,047 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Puget Sound enter careers with an average starting salary of $62,732. That's good news for those graduates since it is 7% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Puget Sound is $73,526. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 2% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Puget Sound.
Contact details for Puget Sound are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1500 N. Warner Street, Tacoma, WA 98416 |
| Phone: | 253-879-3100 |
| Website: | www.pugetsound.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/univpugetsound |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/univpugetsound |
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Curriculum & Instruction | 1 |
| General Education | 29 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 42 |
| Student Counseling | 15 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 35 |
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.
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