Inquiry-based learning, individualized advising, global perspectives, and a rigorous curriculum equip Grinnellians to move confidently in a complex world, to think globally, and to live with purpose.
Our graduates work in major financial institutions, for leading museums and media outlets, and at tech giants and cutting-edge start-ups. They make cartoons at Nickelodeon and discoveries at the National Institutes of Health; they teach in classrooms around the world. Grinnell grads work with nonprofits of all stripes, and in public service from the Peace Corps to the White House. Grinnellians go on to study physics at CalTech, law at Harvard, medicine at Johns Hopkins, finance at London School of Economics, plant pathology at Cornell, divinity at University of Chicago, engineering at Northwestern, international relations at University of Geneva, mathematical modeling at Oxford, journalism at NYU, and music composition at Yale. If you can think of it, a Grinnellian has done it — and the CLS has been there to help.