<p>In addition to being generous with merit aid, Denison attracts many good students to its campus for the following reasons.</p>
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<li>Ranked among the top 50 national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report</li>
<li>Excellent faculty (Many have national reputations in their fields; each year faculty members win national awards for teaching excellence. Petersons)</li>
<li>Best athletics program in the NCAC (Denison has won seven consecutive NCAC All-Sports Trophies. Also worth noting: its tennis coach was named ITA National Womens Coach of the Year last year and this year Denisons mens lacrosse coach was named as an assistant coach for the U.S. national lacrosse team).
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<li>Numerous Denison students win fellowship awards each year (Denison has had 34 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars, placing it fourth among NCAA Division III institutions in the number of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships earned. In the last 10 years, it has produced 19 Fulbright Scholarship winners. Just recently, two students won Goldwater Foundation Scholarships and one student won a Truman Scholarship).<br></li>
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<li>Possesses one of the most beautiful campuses in the Midwest. In fact, Loren Pope, author of Colleges that Change Peoples Lives, comments, “There is no prettier campus in the country.”</li>
<li>Denisons alumni network is very strong as evidenced by the schools large endowment. </li>
<li>Its new science facilities are very impressive.</li>
<li>Its Honors Program is well regarded.</li>
<li>In its 2003 edition, Princeton Review gave Denison a No. 1 ranking in “Class discussion encouraged.”</li>
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<p>Thats a short list. Denisons admissions director could probably provide more.</p>