Granville, OH · Private · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Denison University
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$99,820
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $2,500.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Denison University
| Full price | $97,178 |
| After grants, at your income | $26,354 |
94% of first-year students here got a grant or scholarship from the college in 2023-24, $37,081 on average.
At this income, 25 of Ohio's other 38 colleges cost less after grants, and 13 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. In state: Denison guarantees an Ohio student a $100,000 scholarship, which is $25,000 in each of four years.
Denison University's promise. Denison University says it covers 100% of what a family cannot pay. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Denison University, our scenarios for Ohio households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $6,600 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What Denison University says it awards for grades and test scores.
In state: denison guarantees an Ohio student a $100,000 scholarship, which is $25,000 in each of four years.
What Denison University commits to
Denison University says it covers 100% of what a family cannot pay.
“Denison continues to meet 100% of demonstrated financial need.”
Denison University financial aid office — verified 2026-09.
Conditions the school attaches to that commitment
- Denison says applicants seeking need-based aid must submit the FAFSA and the CSS Profile.
These are the school’s own qualifiers. A commitment quoted without them is not the commitment they made.
Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
The Denison Commitment — $0 tuition for families with total income under $100,000, from fall 2027
Household income up to $100,000. Covers tuition. Also requires “typical assets” — a test we cannot evaluate for you.
“For students entering in the fall of 2027, The Denison Commitment guarantees your family will not pay more than a fixed percentage of your family’s total income toward tuition. Families with a total income less than $100,000 will pay $0 for tuition.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Denison University reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Ohio, it also counts Ohio's tax deduction for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $6,600 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Denison University's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Ohio, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Denison University at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Grants from the college
How many first-year students got a grant from Denison University, and the average, are the Department of Education's figures for full-time students who started in 2023-24. They cover every income. The prices after grants already count these grants, so don't take them off again. The Department of Education's page for Denison University →
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Denison University's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing and food, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 4.0% a year. Books are the College Scorecard's. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Denison University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- University of Mount Union$26,010 a year
- The University of Findlay$26,058 a year
- Denison University$26,354 a year
- John Carroll University$26,535 a year
- Ashland University$26,539 a year
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