unitid 153384 · Grinnell, IA · private nonprofit 4-year · town (remote)
Grinnell College
- enrollment 2023
- 1,790
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
15%
5th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,729
70th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
88%
finish within 150% time
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$83,440
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,648
after aid, aided students
26th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$62,830
after entry, Title IV students
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$17,500
13th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,970 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $74,916
- First-generation students
- 18%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $68,106
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science. | 62 | $122,922 | $16,375 |
| Economics. | 54 | $78,815 | $16,950 |
| Biology, General. | 43 | $64,851 | $17,500 |
| Political Science and Government. | 40 | $60,366 | $17,500 |
| Sociology. | 36 | $57,657 | $16,000 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 35 | $78,143 | $16,549 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 34 | $28,164 | $18,059 |
| Mathematics. | 33 | — | — |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 24 | — | $17,702 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 23 | $58,680 | $17,814 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 17 | — | — |
| Physics. | 17 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.