The Denison Advantage

How We Do It

Challenging academics, a residential experience, and professional skill-building create the advantage.

Academics

Campus Life

Career Launch

Academics

An academic approach that’s rooted in the liberal arts and designed for 21st-century careers.

Programs for Today’s Careers

We’ve invested in developing new majors that prepare students for the next generation of career opportunities.

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Chemistry professor working with students

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World-Class Faculty

Our professors are true mentors, guiding you to explore your passions and achieve your potential. Our career-readiness programs, collaborative research, intellectual engagement, global experiences, and performance opportunities offer the benefits of a small university.

Campus Life

A vibrant experience that supports students in becoming the best version of themselves.

A Best of Both Worlds Location

Our location offers both living on a beautiful campus and close access to the vibrant urban experience of Columbus.

New Perspectives

Across campus, students are surrounded by peers who come from similar and different backgrounds and who share and have different world views.

Engaged Students

Denison has a culture of engaged students who explore their passions and take advantage of resumé-building leadership experiences on campus through co-curricular, athletic, and research opportunities.

Challengers & Champions

The people you meet — peers, faculty, staff, and friends of the college — will form the fabric of your professional and social networks for years to come. This network will challenge you to succeed and champion your success.

Prepare for Launch

Our four well-resourced centers focus on professional development and ensure that all students are supported as they plan for their futures.

Build Career Foundations

Upskill & Connect in Columbus

Develop an entrepreneurial mindset

Explore Research & Fellowships

Knowlton Center for Career Exploration

The Knowlton Center for Career Exploration starts working with students from their first semester on campus and sticks by them long after graduation. From building a resume to landing an internship to getting into graduate school or finding a great first job out of college, the 16 career coaches at the Knowlton Center are there for students every step of the way.

Denison Edge

Denison Edge connects you with big-city career assets, ed-tech firms, and entrepreneurs right in our city next door. You’ll explore your strengths, bridge your major and career options, and amplify your network with meaningful connections while building relevant skills.

Red Frame Lab

Calling all entrepreneurs and problem solvers. In the Red Frame Lab, you can workshop your ideas or partner with companies across a broad range of industries to solve real-world problems (and boost your career network). Simply put, the Red Frame Lab offers opportunities to flex your entrepreneur and consulting skills.

Lisska Center for Intellectual Engagement

Denison’s Lisska Center is your go-to place for funded research and scholarship opportunities. You can be a paid summer scholar conducting one-on-one research with a faculty mentor, conduct international research, and launch into a post-graduate fellowship. The possibilities are diverse and exciting.

Four Pillars to
Your Launch

Insight

With our 16 career coaches, you will develop, test, and refine your career plans by building your knowledge of the professional world and career opportunities.

Experience

You will acquire a range of real-world experiences—from internships to one-on-one workshops with staff—that will build your resume before you even graduate.

Skills

For every field of study, your academic curriculum will complement the knowledge and skills employers seek. You'll also practice and perfect in-demand skills such as interviewing, negotiating, time management, and mastery of programs like Excel.

Connections

Connections are everything. At Denison you will connect with peers, mentors, our partner organizations, experts, and alumni. You will be part of a network that belives in mentorship to advocate for and advance the next generation of Denison students.

At Denison, you can count on a lifetime of career support - and have the opportunity to give back to future generations of Denisonians.

Not only will you have access to all of the above, you’ll also have access to:

Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Columbus
16 career coaches available to you throughout your career
Powerful partners: big business, startups and mid-market companies, non-profits, arts organizations and government agencies
Over 40,000 engaged and accomplished alumni who are passionate about supporting you

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Outcomes
The Denison Advantage

A Denison education sets you apart (and we can prove it):
We call it “the Denison Advantage.”

96%

of recent graduates are working in their desired field or position.

99%

of alumni are currently employed or in graduate school.

94%

of alumni are satisfied with how well Denison prepared them for professional success after college.

At Denison, you get a liberal arts education, plus pragmatic skills for the workplace. Employers want people who can assess a situation, ask probing questions, research the issue and propose solutions. They also want you to know how to master an excel sheet, manage a meeting, and budget your time. Students in every major learn these critical skills. It’s our secret sauce, and we’ve got the data to prove it.

Learn more about the Denison Advantage