Enrollment Trends at Puget Sound

The student population at University of Puget Sound is 1,864 (1,594 undergraduate and 270 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 910 (32.80%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Puget Sound is 85.52% which is decreased by 882 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 28 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 69 male students for every 100 female students, up from 64 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (University of Puget Sound does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,364 where 1,864 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,791 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,864 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,774 to 1,864 students, a net loss of 910 (32.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Puget Sound since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,774	2,476	1,020	1,456	298	58	240
2016-17	2,791 17	2,508 32	1,008 -12	1,500 44	283 -15	57 -1	226 -14
2017-18	2,701 -90	2,413 -95	962 -46	1,451 -49	288 5	68 11	220 -6
2018-19	2,666 -35	2,364 -49	945 -17	1,419 -32	302 14	67 -1	235 15
2019-20	2,608 -58	2,299 -65	937 -8	1,362 -57	309 7	61 -6	248 13
2020-21	2,130 -478	1,898 -401	781 -156	1,117 -245	232 -77	45 -16	187 -61
2021-22	2,173 43	1,866 -32	794 13	1,072 -45	307 75	66 21	241 54
2022-23	2,023 -150	1,712 -154	727 -67	985 -87	311 4	87 21	224 -17
2023-24	1,914 -109	1,632 -80	707 -20	925 -60	282 -29	75 -12	207 -17
2024-25	1,864 -50	1,594 -38	697 -10	897 -28	270 -12	62 -13	208 1
Average	2,364	2,076	858	1,218	288	65	224

University of Puget Sound Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,076 where 1,594 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Puget Sound since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,476	2,459	1,011	1,448	17	9	8
2016-17	2,508	2,487	999	1,488	21	9	12
2017-18	2,413	2,390	951	1,439	23	11	12
2018-19	2,364	2,348	940	1,408	16	5	11
2019-20	2,299	2,271	923	1,348	28	14	14
2020-21	1,898	1,830	741	1,089	68	40	28
2021-22	1,866	1,835	782	1,053	31	12	19
2022-23	1,712	1,674	712	962	38	15	23
2023-24	1,632	1,618	699	919	14	8	6
2024-25	1,594	1,575	687	888	19	10	9
Average	2,076	2,076	845	1,204	2,076	13	14

University of Puget Sound Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 288 where 270 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Puget Sound since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	298	228	53	175	70	5	65
2016-17	283	215	48	167	68	9	59
2017-18	288	201	58	143	87	10	77
2018-19	302	242	60	182	60	7	53
2019-20	309	264	53	211	45	8	37
2020-21	232	221	43	178	11	2	9
2021-22	307	249	63	186	58	3	55
2022-23	311	260	82	178	51	5	46
2023-24	282	237	71	166	45	4	41
2024-25	270	216	54	162	54	8	46
Average	288	288	59	175	288	6	49

University of Puget Sound Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.61%. The percentage was 73.97% 10 years ago and Puget Sound still has a high percentage of white students. 7.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.11% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.97% to 65.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.42% to 7.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.94% to 3.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.89% to 10.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5432 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4369 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Puget Sound over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	4	178	26	191	4	2,052	232
2016-17	6	182	27	208	8	2,025	222
2017-18	2	175	31	225	9	1,910	224
2018-19	3	182	48	230	14	1,834	226
2019-20	9	198	46	263	12	1,741	236
2020-21	8	175	46	226	13	1,401	184
2021-22	8	185	51	254	11	1,398	191
2022-23	8	157	57	226	11	1,315	172
2023-24	9	145	59	191	7	1,271	169
2024-25	9	142	58	204	11	1,223	162
Average	7	172	45	222	10	1,617	202

University of Puget Sound Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Puget Sound

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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