Grinnell College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Grinnell College is a private arts college located in Grinnell, lowa, United States. It was founded in 1846. The campus spreads across 120 acres of land and has more than 60 buildings. The College provides Bachelor degrees in more than 25 major departments. It also provides several interdisciplinary concentrations. The student enrollment consists of more than 10% of international students. It also has programs that provide students opportunities to study abroad.

Grinnell College has an active student life. It houses more than 275 registered student clubs and organizations. These include the Adventure Sewer Explorers, Alpine Club, Arts and Crafts Club, and Catholic Students Association, among others. The college's athlete teams are called the Pioneers, and they compete in sports such as water-polo, ultimate, and rugby union. The institution is home to a student-run newspaper known as "The Scarlet and the Black," and a radio station called KDIC.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, art studies, liberal arts, drama and performing arts, and music.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Selective admissions.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,678 in 2009-2010 (1,639 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Grinnell provides on-campus housing for 1,340 of its 1,639 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Midwest Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (19 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (16 awarded)

• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (180 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (16 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (8 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (15 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (72 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (31 awarded)

• Psychology