Mathematics at University of Puget Sound

If you plan to study mathematics, take a look at what University of Puget Sound has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,130 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 math majors received their bachelor's degree from Puget Sound.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Puget Sound Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Puget Sound Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks math programs across the country. The following shows how Puget Sound performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Puget Sound is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	126
	225
Best Value Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	279

Earnings of Puget Sound Math Graduates

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at Puget Sound is $38,324. This is less than $43,164, which is the national average of all math majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Math Student Demographics at Puget Sound

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at University of Puget Sound.

Puget Sound Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 math students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Puget Sound, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Puget Sound with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Puget Sound also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for University of Puget Sound.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Statisticians	1,280	$100,670
Mathematical Science Professors	1,010	$75,020

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.