Grinnell College Overview

Located in Grinnell, Iowa, Grinnell College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Grinnell is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Grinnell College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Grinnell since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The 0% student loan default rate at Grinnell is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at Grinnell is the bachelor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 83% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Grinnell with a bachelor's degree make about $62,529 a year. That's 53% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Grinnell to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Grinnell College?

Contact details for Grinnell are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1121 Park Street, Grinnell, IA 50112-1690
Phone:	641-269-4000
Website:	www.grinnell.edu

How Do I Get Into Grinnell?

You can apply to Grinnell online at: www.grinnell.edu/admission/apply

Admission Requirements for Grinnell

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Grinnell?

The acceptance rate at Grinnell is 11%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 9%, and the acceptance rate for women is 12%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Grinnell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 670 and 750. Math scores were between 700 and 780.

Grinnell received ACT scores from 33% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 30 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 33. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

Can I Afford Grinnell College?

The overall average net price of Grinnell is $41,131. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Grinnell, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $5,018 a year. That adds up to $20,072 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Grinnell is 0.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Grinnell College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,748 undergraduate students at Grinnell, with 1,718 being full-time and 30 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,718 full-time undergraduates at Grinnell, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Grinnell College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	133
Black or African American	73
Hispanic or Latino	133
White	894
International Students	339
Other Races/Ethnicities	146

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Grinnell College. At this time, 37 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 50 countries are represented at Grinnell. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Aureliusxv under License

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