University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive.

The school sought to build a new campus there, but ended up selling the land back to the city for about $11,000.

[6] Today, University Place is largely suburban in character and functions as a mixed business and residential area with waterfront on the Puget Sound.

The town is home to Curtis Senior High School and Charles Wright Academy.

Earlier newspapers for the community were the weekly Suburban Times (1970s), published by Dave Sclair (who, starting in 1970, also published Western Flyer); and, in the 1980s, the Lakewood Press, published by Grace T. Eubanks and later Dane S. Claussen, which launched the University Place Press as a monthly and then biweekly before it folded in early 1989.

[10] As of the 2010 census, there were 31,144 people, 12,819 households, and 8,476 families living in the city.

27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

As of the 2000 census, there were 29,933 people, 12,149 households, and 8,212 families living in the city.

26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.