What is University of Puget Sound?
[[File:Mount Rainier seen from University of Puget Sound 01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|[[Mount Rainier]] seen from the University of Puget Sound}}]] The '''University of Puget Sound''' ('''Puget Sound''') is a [[Private school|private]] [[liberal arts]] [[college]] in [[Tacoma, Washington]], [[United States]]. It offers [[Bachelor's degree|Bachelor's]], [[Master's degree|Master's]] and [[doctorate]] [[Academic degree|degrees]]. The college draws approximately 2,600 [[student]]s from 44 [[US states|states]] and 16 [[countries]]. It offers 1,200 [[Education|courses]] each year in more than 50 areas of study.<ref name=About>{{cite web|url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/ |title=About Puget Sound |publisher=University of Puget Sound |date= |accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> In 2012 Puget Sound was named one of 40 schools in the guide ''Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events/campus-news/details/1055/ |title=40 Colleges That Change Lives: Puget Sound is Selected to Join Elite Group |publisher=University of Puget Sound |date=2012-08-28 |accessdate=26 February 2015 |archive-date=2015-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429170537/http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events/campus-news/details/1055/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has ties to [[The United Methodist Church]]. But the college is no longer officially [[wikt:affiliate|affiliate]]d with the [[church]]. The [[Board of directors|board of trustees]] is [[independent]]ly [[Election|elected]]. == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Colleges and universities in Washington (state)]] [[Category:Tacoma, Washington]] {{US-stub}}