Denison University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

Denison University is situated in Granville, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1831 by the Ohio Baptist Education Society and was originally named Granville Literary and Theological Institution.

The university's enrollment is approximately 2,000 students, and its campus is roughly 1,200 acres. It offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study.

Denison University hosts several student organizations. Some of them are the Denison Campus Governance Association, Burpee's Seedy Theatrical Company, and Black Student Union. The university has a diverse student body. As of 2008, it enrolled 66 percent out-of-state students.

Denison has six fraternities and six sororities including Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Kappa Alpha Theta.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, drama and performing arts, science, music, liberal arts, photography and commercial art, conservation and resource management, and religion and philosophy.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Selective admissions.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,200 in 2009-2010 (2,179 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Denison provides on-campus housing for 2,123 of its 2,179 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the North Coast Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (13 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (25 awarded)

• Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

FINE ARTS (11 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine Arts and Art Studies
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (207 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Area Studies
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Western European Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (61 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MUSIC (15 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (18 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (20 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (74 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (45 awarded)

• Psychology