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Sound Facts

Howarth Hall with Mt. Rainier in Background1 - Overall ranking for the Puget Sound Loggers in the Northwest Conference (NCAA Division III) for two years and counting.

75 - Percentage of Puget Sound students who come from outside the state of Washington, representing 47 states and 15 countries.

90.1 - Station on the FM dial occupied by Puget Sound's radio station (KUPS "The Sound") ranked 11th in the nation by the Princeton Review.

8,975 - Pounds of Fair Trade coffee consumed on campus last year (that's about 575,000 cups!).

14,410 - Elevation in feet at Mount Rainier's highest point; just a short 2-hour drive from campus.

37,300 - Number of pizzas sold during the academic year by the student-run pizza parlor, The Cellar.

56,800 - Number of skins and skulls housed in Puget Sound's Slater Museum of Natural History--part of a collection of artifacts numbering more than 75,000, including insects, amphibians, reptiles, plants, birds, and mammals.

100,000 - Dollars typically granted to 50 Puget Sound undergraduate students each summer for research projects.