-15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of Puget Sound fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9k → 1.6k).
Washington · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington. 1,631 undergraduate students. 52 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Puget Sound
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+13%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at University of Puget Sound rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($55.7k → $62.9k).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of Puget Sound rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($55.7k → $62.9k).
-8pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 8 pp at University of Puget Sound vs the 2018–2022 baseline (67.9% vs 75.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Washington
Each tile compares this institution to the Washington median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$69,594+49% · 6→10y
Washington median $47,350$46,802
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry67.9%-4% · '97→'24
Washington median 46.8%$19,250+72% · '97→'20
At program completion1,631-42% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.5%-5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time76.3%+8% · '01→'24
latest cohort$59,900+194% · '00→'24
out-of-state $59,900SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.7%Median federal debt $19,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $69,594 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-42%
University of Puget Sound · undergrad enrollment fell
2,768 → 1,594
+194%
University of Puget Sound · in-state tuition rose
$21,425 → $62,898
+194%
University of Puget Sound · out-of-state tuition rose
$21,425 → $62,898
+72%
University of Puget Sound · median debt rose
$14,500 → $25,000
-55%
University of Puget Sound · cohort default rate fell
1.1% → 0.0%
+35%
University of Puget Sound · earnings_median_10yr rose
$51,400 → $69,594
+21%
University of Puget Sound · earnings_median_8yr rose
$45,900 → $55,567
+20%
University of Puget Sound · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,000 → $46,802
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Computer Science.$101,929Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$84,888Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$82,371Business Administration, Management and Operations.$82,150Mathematics.$81,474Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$78,034Education, General.$74,326Economics.$69,224International Relations and National Security Studies.$65,403Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.$64,370Biology, General.$57,877Political Science and Government.$57,451Psychology, General.$55,554Fine and Studio Arts.$48,354Religion/Religious Studies.$47,387East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.$47,024Music.$36,824
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Puget Sound
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$680,489
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $33,336
- HS-only baseline · WA
- $41,200
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Washington
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Puget Sound graduates earn $X” — not “University of Puget Sound makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Puget Sound caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.