University of Puget Sound
1500 North Warner Street,
Tacoma, WA 98416 www.ups.edu
The University of Puget Sound (the “University” or “UPS”) was
established in 1888. It is an independent, predominantly
residential, national undergraduate liberal arts college. UPS is one
of five independent national undergraduate liberal arts colleges in
the Northwest. The University is also one of only five independent
colleges in the Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the
nation’s most prestigious academic honorary society.
Located in a residential section in the north end of Tacoma,
Washington, on a 97-acre campus of Tudor Gothic buildings set among
native fir groves is the community of 2,450 undergraduate students,
150 graduate students, and 212 full-time faculty. Students from
nearly every state and 16 countries are represented.
UPS offers more than 40 major programs with academic departments
offering more than 1,200 courses in a single year. A low student -
faculty ratio of 11 to 1, with an average class size of 19 students
is a hallmark of the University. About one-third of UPS students
study abroad.
The University has issued seven series of Bonds through the
Authority with a total par value of $123,978,824. |
