Quotable Grinnell
"Passions permeate everyone's life, and that fact, more than any one topic, unites Grinnell students."
Matt Zmudka '11
Dubuque, IA
Grinnell, By the Numbers
- About 1,600 students
- Most classes have fewer than 20 students
- 13 percent international, 22 percent U.S. students of color
- More than half of students study off campus during academic career
- 26 majors, 11 concentrations
- Over 500 course offerings every semester
- 9:1 student/faculty ratio
- 52 percent of students complete at least one independent study course
- More than 70 study abroad programs around the world
- 3,000 internship opportunities in the United States and abroad
- Burling Library contains 1,000,000 books and documents
- Newly renovated 237,000-square-foot Noyce Science Center
- Commodious theatre and visual arts studios in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts
- World-class exhibitions at the Faulconer Gallery
- 500+ free events each year
- 200+ student organizations
- 15 student art and music organizations
- Major (and free) concerts, productions, and lectures each year
- 20 men's and women's varsity sports
- NCAA Division III competition
- State-of-the-art athletic facilities
- One-third of students engage in varsity athletics
- In the top 1 percent of colleges and universities for PhDs per graduate
