by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Denison University was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social sciences.
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Denison landed the #359 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Denison is also ranked #12 out of 91 schools in Ohio.
Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into Denison since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 22%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.
About 28% of students accepted to Denison submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 710. Math scores were between 640 and 750.
At Denison, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Denison University is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 90% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Denison University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Denison the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 77%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Denison University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,258 undergraduates at Denison with 2,252 being full-time and 6 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,650 | $15,768 | $23,015 | $26,653 | $41,242 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Denison, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Denison, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,089 a year. That adds up to $28,356 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Denison are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 West College Street, Granville, OH 43023 |
| Phone: | 740-587-0810 |
| Website: | https://www.denison.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 77 | $55,087 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 64 | $47,396 |
| International Business | 56 | $53,516 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 53 | $36,909 |
| General Biology | 46 | $31,017 |
| Health & Physical Education | 31 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 28 | $31,272 |
| General Education | 23 | NA |
| History | 22 | NA |
| Ethnic Studies | 20 | NA |
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Footnotes
*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.
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