According to the school, Grinnell College framed its charter in the Iowa Territory of the United States in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students ‘for the different professions and for the honorable discharge of the duties of life.’ The College pursues that mission by educating young men and women in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas. As a teaching and learning community, the College holds that knowledge is a good to be pursued both for its own sake and for the intellectual, moral, and physical well-being of individuals and of society at large. The College exists to provide a lively academic community of students and teachers of high scholarly qualifications from diverse social and cultural circumstances. The College aims to graduate women and men who can think clearly, who can speak and write persuasively and even eloquently, who can evaluate critically both their own and others’ ideas, who can acquire new knowledge, and who are prepared in life and work to use their knowledge and their abilities to serve the common good.
* Source: US Department of education: Institute of education statistics** Refers to % of students receiving some form of financial aid† Indicates school information is being used instead of campus information
Bachelor's Degrees
Bachelor's in Anthropology
Bachelor's in Art/Art Studies, General
Bachelor's in Biochemistry
Bachelor's in Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Bachelor's in Chemistry, General
Bachelor's in Chinese Language and Literature
Bachelor's in Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
Bachelor's in Computer Science
Bachelor's in Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
Bachelor's in Economics, General
Bachelor's in English Language and Literature, General
Bachelor's in French Language and Literature
Bachelor's in German Language and Literature
Bachelor's in History, General
Bachelor's in Mathematics, General
Bachelor's in Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
Bachelor's in Music, General
Bachelor's in Philosophy
Bachelor's in Physics, General
Bachelor's in Political Science and Government, General