Editing University of Puget Sound (section)

{{Short description|Private university in Tacoma, Washington, US}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Puget Sound
 | former_names           = The Puget Sound University (1888–1903)<br />College of Puget Sound (1914–1960)
 | image                  = University of Puget Sound seal.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | motto                  = προs τα ακρα [[Greek language|(Greek)]]
 | mottoeng               = To the heights
 | established            = {{start date and age|1888|3|17}}
 | type                   = [[Private college|Private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|Liberal arts college]]
 | religious_affiliation  = [[United Methodist Church]]
 | president              = [[Isiaah Crawford]]
 | city                   = [[Tacoma, Washington]]
 | country                = United States
 | students               = 2,023 (fall 2023)<ref name=IPEDS>{{cite web |title=University of Puget Sound |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=University+of+Puget+Sound&s=all&id=236328#general |website=College Navigator}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 1,712 (fall 2023)<ref name=IPEDS />
 | postgrad               = 220 (fall 2023)<ref name=IPEDS />
 | faculty                = 206 full-time; 63 part-time  (fall 2021)<ref name=IPEDS/>
 | endowment              = $471.47 million (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | campus                 = Suburban, {{convert|97|acre}}
 | mascot                 = "Grizz" the Logger
 | colors                 = Maroon and White<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Puget Sound Athletic Logo Specifications|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/files/resources/3379_AthleticsGraphicsManual.pdf|publisher=University of Puget Sound|access-date=September 20, 2017}}</ref><br />{{Color box|#8C263F|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}
 | logo                   = University of Puget Sound logo.svg
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.pugetsound.edu|pugetsound.edu}}
}}

The '''University of Puget Sound''' is a [[Private college|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Tacoma, Washington]], United States. It was founded in 1888.<ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About Puget Sound |url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/ |access-date=2014-08-22 |publisher=University of Puget Sound}}</ref> The institution offers a variety of undergraduate degrees as well as five graduate programs in counseling, education, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and public health.

Puget Sound's athletic programs compete in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] [[Northwest Conference]]. The University of Puget Sound is also the only independent national undergraduate liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest with a School of Music and School of Business and Leadership.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facts and Rankings |url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/about-puget-sound-0/facts-rankings |website=Pugetsound.edu |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>