Opinions

The misconception of economic diversity at University of Puget Sound

By Nicholas Schmidt  “This place is expensive,” wrote one student anonymously, “and in my experience a lot of us are entitled brats (including myself), so people from the lower class probably will never think or want to come here.” As it turns out, the student population is not as rich as it seems: Puget Sound hosts a silent majority of middle- and low-income individuals. Information on students’ incomes is mostly publicly available, the problem is finding it. By law, the University must publish a wealth of data to the National...