Denison University
Granville, Ohio
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,380 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 17%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $40,163per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 79%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $73,15110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Under The Denison Commitment, families with a total family income of $100,000 or less pay $0 toward tuition.
Denison meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students, including international students.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 17%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1320–1490Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 30–33Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Denison University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 20%2,385 admitted of 12,202 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 25%394 admitted of 1,589. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1270–1420First-years who sent scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 45%78% were in the top quarter.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Denison University Common Data Set 2025–26; College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $40,163full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $86,900sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $71,000Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 79%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 89%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $73,15110 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,932federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,380Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 15%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- John Carroll University University Heights, OH — admits 81%
- Ohio Northern University Ada, OH — admits 74%
- Oberlin College Oberlin, OH — admits 34%
- Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH — admits 58%
Also worth a look
- Oberlin College Oberlin, OH — admits 34%
- College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA — admits 18%
- Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY — admits 19%
- Babson College Wellesley, MA — admits 17%
- Trinity College Hartford, CT — admits 29%
- Kenyon College Gambier, OH — admits 31%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Denison University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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