Denison University is a private liberal arts university in Granville, Ohio. Founded in 1831, it is Ohio's second-oldest liberal arts college. Denison is a member of the Five Colleges of Ohio and the Great Lakes Colleges Association, and competes in the North Coast Athletic Conference. The university offers 61 majors across disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and fine arts, and has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. The campus covers 900 acres and includes a 550-acre biological reserve.