Which Denison University major has the lowest debt?

Economics graduates leave with a median of $24,102 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Denison University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Denison University cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,000 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $40,007 a year.

How many Denison University programs report graduate pay?

9 bachelor's programs at Denison University report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Denison University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Granville, OH
2,380 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Denison University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Economics pays the most in the first year ($55,087), and Sociology and Anthropology the least ($23,752). The median program pays $36,909.

Tuition and fees$67,000Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$40,007Per year

Graduation rate79%Within 6 years

Admission rate17%Of applicants

All 9 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Ohio. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Ohio
1	EconomicsAbout 78 graduates a year	$55,087	$83,351	$24,102	7th of 13
2	International BusinessAbout 44 graduates a year	$53,516	Not reported	$26,960	3rd of 7
3	CommunicationsAbout 51 graduates a year	$47,396	$64,696	$25,187	1st of 19
4	Romance LanguagesAbout 11 graduates a year	$42,992	$50,912	Not reported	1st of 7
5	Experimental PsychologyAbout 45 graduates a year	$36,909	Not reported	$25,645	1st of 1
6	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 16 graduates a year	$36,236	$63,744	Not reported	2nd of 7
7	Political ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$31,272	$63,179	$24,125	14th of 21
8	BiologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$31,017	$60,971	$25,000	13th of 28
9	Sociology and AnthropologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$23,752	$55,049	$26,500	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Ohio ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Ohio programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Economics$55,087
International Business$53,516
Communications$47,396
Romance Languages$42,992
Experimental Psychology$36,909

Lowest median debt

Economics$24,102
Political Science$24,125
Biology$25,000
Communications$25,187
Experimental Psychology$25,645

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 78 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 51 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 47 graduates a year
Experimental PsychologyAbout 45 graduates a year
International BusinessAbout 44 graduates a year

Common questions

Economics graduates earn a median of $55,087 in their first year, the most of 9 Denison University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Ohio rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels