To be eligible for graduation, a student must have at least 124 credits, a 2.00 cumulative GPA, and must have satisfactorily completed the tutorial and a departmental, interdepartmental or independent major. Transfer students must earn at least 62 credits in residence at Grinnell. No more than 48 credits in any one department or 92 credits in any one division may be included in these 124 credits.

A maximum of 8 practica credits may count toward the degree, with no more than 4 credits of these being in Physical Education 100 or 101.

A maximum of 16 credits in Music 120, 122, 220, 221, and 420 may count toward graduation. Credits in Music 101, 220, and 420 may not exceed a total of 6 in any one semester. Only 10 credits of independent-study projects (297, 387, 397) in one discipline may be counted, and a maximum of 8 credits in internship study may be counted.

No credit earned with a grade below "C" may count toward the satisfaction of any requirement for a major or an interdisciplinary concentration. (This includes all extra-departmental and cognate courses, e.g., mathematics, statistics, and languages.) A maximum of 16 credits of "D" grades may count toward satisfying the 124-credit graduation requirement.