Students
As of the 2011-12 school year, 2,162 students are enrolled at Denison. They come from 50 states, Washington, DC, and 35 countries. A full-time faculty of 212 professors makes the student-to-faculty ratio 10:1. Over the past several years, Denison University has made great strides in attracting a diverse student population, and multicultural students now represent 25 percent of the current first-year class. The college's students, faculty and staff were honored in 2008 by the State of Ohio for "promoting understanding, racial unity and the appreciation of diversity."
The university currently has a 49% acceptance rate; out of 4,720 applicants for the class of 2012, 2,328 were accepted and 625 enrolled.
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