Grinnell College
Grinnell College admitted 14% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1410–1540 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $15,203 a year. Within six years, 87% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 14%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1410–1540
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–34
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $87,598 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $15,203 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $8,161 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $72,346 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 87%
- Students who return for a second year
- 93%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $72,106 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,750
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,729
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 22%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 29%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 17%
- Computer and information sciences
- 14%
- Psychology
- 9%
- Physical sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Webb Institute NY · 14% admitted
- Bates College ME · 13% admitted
- Washington and Lee University VA · 14% admitted
- Colgate University NY · 14% admitted
- Tulane University of Louisiana LA · 14% admitted
- Davidson College NC · 13% admitted
More colleges in Iowa
- Iowa State University IA · 89% admitted
- University of Iowa IA · 84% admitted
- University of Northern Iowa IA · 93% admitted
- Drake University IA · 64% admitted
- Upper Iowa University IA · 97% admitted
- Saint Ambrose University IA · 77% admitted
- Waldorf University IA · 77% admitted
- Dordt University IA · 69% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.