• In the top 1% of colleges and universities for PhDs per graduate
• 9:1 Student/Faculty ratio
• 1,000,000 book and document library
• 237,000 gross square foot Science Center (after Phase 2 renovations)

Imagine a school that has the resources of a school ten times its size, a faculty that reads like a Who's Who of Teaching in America, and a learning environment where debate does not stop in the classroom and often begins in the dining hall. It is an academic journey that begins with the building of your learning foundation via the First-Year Tutorial. The Tutorial lets you study a topic of your choice (from a list of roughly 30 options) in an intimate, engaged setting with no more than 13 students and your faculty adviser. The approach is a comfortable but challenging introduction to Grinnell that helps you hone your skills in writing, research, and critical analysis - the tool kit you'll need to take advantage of all the academic opportunity ahead.

Take 300 plus course offerings, 150 faculty members (98% of whom have PhDs or the highest degree in their field), and a commitment to integrating the disciplines and teaching approaches like no other liberal arts program. No limits. Your courses, your creativity, your aspiration, aided by a team of faculty members committed to helping you take advantage of the freedom to think and the opportunities for academic excellence. The Second Year Retreat helps you and your adviser shape your curricular direction while reinforcing the philosophical and academic foundations established during the Tutorial. From there your major focus forms, and with that a unique road map emerges of intellectual exploration, discovery and challenge. It's a journey that often includes internships, off-campus study, and mentored research - the chance for you and a faculty member to delve deeply into a subject of your choice. The result is an academic experience unlike any other. One that will push you, motivate you, and ultimately prepare you to take on whatever lies ahead. Because if you are ready, there are no limits.