1121 Park Street
Grinnell, IA 50112-1690

Grinnell College is a private, coed, residential, liberal arts college. Grinnell students choose from more than 500 course offerings every semester across three disciplines -- humanities, Science, and Social Studies. This Grinnell, Iowa, school confers the Bachelor of Arts degree in more than 25 majors and a dozen concentrations.

Founded on the prairie in 1846, Grinnell College was part of the history of the American West. A few months before Iowa joined the Union, a group of transplanted New Englanders with strong social-reformer backgrounds organized as the Trustees of Iowa college. It was renamed Grinnell College in 1909.

The 120-acre campus in Grinnell is home to buildings, including 19 residence halls. Grinnell is a town with clean air, no traffic, an awesome view of the stars, and a very low crime rate. Located near Interstate 80, U.S. Highways 6 and 63, and State Highway 146, Grinnell is only one hour from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids airports.

Grinnell College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Quick Facts:

Students represent all 50 states and about 50 foreign countries.

The student-to-faculty ratio is about 9:1, most classes have fewer than 20 students.

Grinnell College has a two-semester academic year.

More than half of the students spend at least one semester in off-campus study, most of them outside the United States.

Grinnell College offers more than 70 study abroad programs around the world and over 3,000 internship opportunities in the United States and abroad.

Grinnell College has a 365-acre environmental research area

The Pioneers' school colors are scarlet and black.

Varsity athletes are members of the NCAA Division III. One-third of students participate in athletics.

There are more than 100 student organizations on the Grinnell College campus.

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